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3D printed structure made with bamboo-reinforced compounds

Published 9 years ago by Sigrid | no responses

Bamboo is a strong, sustainable and very diverse material. It can be used to build amazing structures (like this and this). Techmer ES (TES), a manufacturer of high-performance custom compounds used in the plastics industry, ...

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Bioreactors on the move to replace oil

Published 9 years ago by Sigrid | no responses

We have discussed the topic algae a lot in the past few years, but that is because you can so do much with them. Often, the algae are used to make something, such as bio-foam, ...

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Wattway: a solar road to clean energy in Normandy

Published 9 years ago by Sigrid | no responses

An average road is used only about ten per cent of the time, which means that ninety per cent of the time, it is just a slap of asphalt (or other material) doing nothing. To ...

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Reflective LifePaint might save cyclists from colliding with cars

Published 9 years ago by Sigrid | no responses

If there is something we love to do in the Netherlands, home of Materia – aside from cheese and clogs of course – it’s cycling. However, it is not so easy to make yourself visible ...

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AeroMorph: inflatable self-folding origami

Published 9 years ago by Sigrid | no responses

Origami can turn an ordinary sheet of paper (or other material) into the most fantastic shapes, but it is also a source for inspiration in the material world. Earlier, we discussed an origami canoe that, when ...

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Living Architecture is developing bioreactor bricks

Published 9 years ago by Sigrid | no responses

A house that can recycle wastewater and generate electricity from sunlight without the need of things like solar panels. Sounds too good to be true? Yet it might be possible in the near future. The ...

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