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A 3D printed toilet you never have to clean

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Researchers at the Huazhong University of Science in China developed a 3D printed toilet that is so slippery nothing sticks to it, even after abrasion. Normally, there are things in a toilet that leave their ...

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A bench made of chopsticks

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Designers Pin Ning Huang, Mhyca Hsu and Shu Hsuan Peng designed a bench made of disposable bamboo chopsticks to call attention to the amount of waste generated. Disposable chopsticks are very common, with 4.5 billion ...

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Fire-retardant mycelium material

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Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, created a sustainable, scalable, and safe-fire-retardant material made of pure mycelium. Mycelium is the name for the root system of mushrooms. It is an up-and-coming material for insulation ...

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Greener timber construction using AI

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Carlo Ratti from Carlo Ratti Associati launched a new start-up along with Cambridge graduate Mykola Murashko called Maestro, which aims to reduce the waste in the production of mass timber, for greener timber construction. With ...

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A temporary overnight location made of canvas and wood

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Dutch architects Floor Skrabanja and Fé Ramakers designed an overnight location sustainable canvas and wood as part of a project celebrating the 200th anniversary of the city of Veenhuizen, the Netherlands. Called De Vooruitkijker (‘The ...

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A smart 3D printed concrete wall

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Researchers at the University of Cambridge, UK, developed the first 3D printed piece of concrete infrastructure used on a National Highways project. The structure is a type of retaining wall known as a headwall and ...

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