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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Innovation

Inkless printing makes cartridges superfluous

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How often has it happened to you that you need to print something, but your printer says it is out of ink? The startup company Inkless, founded by Venkatesh Chandrasekar and Arnaud van der Veen, ...

ZCB Bamboo Pavilion constructed from bamboo poles

Published 9 years ago by Sigrid | no responses

Bamboo is an amazing material. It is strong, it is flexible, and because it grows so fast, it is an environmentally friendly building material. Globally, it is usually applied as a surrogate for wood or ...