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Be fabulous with bags and shoes made from mushroom leather
Mycelium, the root system of mushrooms, is getting increasingly popular in the architectural and design world. While the material is great for, for instance, architectural projects and packaging material, you can also use mushrooms to ...
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World’s first running shoes with 3D printed uppers win London Marathon
When you’re a professional athlete, your gear can make all the difference. Kenyan long distance runner Eliud Kipchoge proved this when he won the London Marathon on 22 April, wearing Nike’s super light Flyprint shoes, said ...
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After Milan: more material innovation we have seen
The Milan Design Week attracted this year 400,000 visitors, a new record, and focused mainly on colour and exuberance after all the gloomy natural and sustainable colours of previous years. Aside from that, the theme ...
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Revolve Wheel: Foldable and airless bicycle wheel saves space
Foldable bicycles save a lot of space, but one disadvantage is that the wheels have to be small to make them portable. The Revolve Wheel by German designer Andrea Mocellin is a normal sized airless ...
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PET eating enzyme could help fight plastic pollution
Plastic pollution keeps getting worse, and if we want to clean it up before it’s too late, we’re going to need some help. Researchers at the University of Portsmouth and the US Department of Energy’s ...
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Astroplastic: 3D printing in space with astronaut poop
In space, there aren’t a whole lot of materials you can readily use to make things. One waste material that is available in a space station, however, is human poop. Researchers from the University of ...
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