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A backpack made of a single material
Swiss bag company Freitag designed a backpack made of only one material: polyamide 6. Most products, including bags, are made of multiple materials. A certain fabric is used for the outside, another for the inside, ...
Read more >A 3D printed wind turbine made of PLA
Senior lecturer Ross Stevens of Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, in collaboration with industrial designer Nicole Hone, developed a potted plant inspired wind turbine, 3D printed of PLA. Traditional wind turbines are large, commonly ...
Read more >A house made of rice
Italian start-up Rice House developed architectural products made of waste from rice processing. Rice is the only bio-resource presents in all five continents and it is the food for two thirds of the world’s population. ...
Read more >A foldable electric scooter made of bamboo
Called TOM, the electric scooter is foldable, lightweight and has a bamboo body. Currently a Kickstarter project by ToMove, the scooter was designed with urban mobility and transportability in mind. It can be folded in ...
Read more >Hempcrete building blocks interlock like Legos
Canada-based company Just BioFiber offers building blocks made of hempcrete that interlock when stacked, like Lego bricks. Hempcrete is a concrete-like material made of the wooden core of industrial grade hemp (hurd or shiv), lime ...
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