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A self-regenerating concept tire
Tire company Goodyear developed a new concept tire called reCharge that can adapt and change to meet individual mobility needs. The concept focuses on three factors: personalisation, sustainability and being hassle free. At the core ...
Read more >A net-zero mass-timber building
Designed by Generate Architecture and Technologies, a start-up company out of MIT and Harvard University, and design and construction company Placetailor, a five-storey building will be constructed in Boston, U.S., made from cross-laminated timber (CLT), ...
Read more >The world’s first laminated bamboo bicycle
Veltra is a sustainable, lightweight bicycle handcrafted in Romania and made of laminated bamboo, said to be the first in the world. Most metal bicycles have to go through chemical processes and special welds, a ...
Read more >The world’s smelliest fruit could soon be charging your phone
Researchers at the University of Sydney developed a method to turn waste from the durian fruit, aka the world’s smelliest fruit, into a super-capacitors that could be used to charge electronic devices and even cars. ...
Read more >Domes made from reclaimed endemic wood
Made possible by the international collaboration between Silverlens Galleries, local artist Bernardo Pacquing, Rotterdam-based designers Superproject and Summum Engineering, the Domes Village is a series of four dome-like structures in the Philippines, made from reclaimed ...
Read more >MaterialDistrict Rotterdam postponed due to Corona virus
Naarden, 6 March 2020 – MaterialDistrict Rotterdam 2020 has been postponed to 23 – 25 June 2020, the organiser announced today. This decision was made in close consultation with the exhibitors and event partners. Reason ...
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