Articles
Compostable cling wrap made with food waste
Great Wrap, an Australian biomaterials company, developed a compostable bioplastic alternative to cling wrap, made from waste potatoes. Cling wrap is a translucent plastic film, usually made of polyethylene, used often to keep food fresh. ...
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Flexible real gold
Swiss jeweller and watchmaker Giberg developed a flexible 14-carat real gold for jewellery. Called AutoTwist, the material was developed with experts in the field of micro-vulcanisation over several years of intensive research. It consists of ...
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The world’s first 3D printed concrete film studio
Designer Philipp Aduatz, in collaboration with set designer Dominik Freynschlag and 3D concrete printing manufacturer incremental3d, 3D printed a film studio of concrete. The concrete wall was printed using a special mortar based on white ...
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A solar panel that looks like a ceramic roof tile
Italian company Dyaqua developed solar panels that look like real terracotta roof tiles. While solar panels are necessary for the energy transition, their aesthetics are a reason some people don’t want them, or why they ...
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A brick made of recycled construction waste
Scottish start-up Kenoteq developed a brick made of recycled construction waste that has a carbon footprint of less than 5% of a traditional clay brick. Traditional bricks have a large carbon footprint because the clay ...
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Ceramics made of egg shells and algae
Argentinian designer Cynthia Nudel designed ‘bioceramics’, artful objects made of eggshells and brown algae. According to Nudel, this project arises from a conflict between two concerns: on one hand, her passion for traditional ceramics and, ...
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