Articles
This solar car sails on the wind
The latest solar car by the student team from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands for the biennial Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia is built in such a way that it ‘sails’ ...
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A digitally knitted pavilion made of recycled bottles
A team of researchers of the Material Balance Research Group from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, developed a digitally knitted pavilion made of recycled plastic bottles. Called Senseknit, the aim of the project was to ...
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Bioplastic made from aquafaba from chickpeas
Designer Paula Nerlich developed a type of bioplastic based on aquafaba from chickpeas. Aquafaba is the viscous water in which legume sees have been cooked. The substance is a by-product from the preparation of legumes ...
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3D printed customised accessories for gamers
A collaboration between Ikea, Unyq and Area Academy presents the first prototypes from their series of 3D printed products for gamers which can be customised for individual use. Worldwide, more than 2 billion people are ...
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3D printed concrete columns
In collaboration with the Origen Festival in Riom, Switzerland, a team at ETH Zürich created nine individually designed concrete columns, each 3D printed at full height in 2.5 hours, for a project called Concrete Choreography. ...
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Grow your own algae in an indoor micro-algae farm
Designer Hyunseok An developed a wall-mounted bioreactor system called The Coral, to grow your own algae for consumption. Algae thrive on CO2, having a ten times greater carbon dioxide fixation than terrestrial plants. Additionally, the ...
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