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- Super Morphing Tire DesignA new tire concept called Maxplo by Kumho could eliminate the need to change your tires seasonally as Maxplo is designed to alter its shape…
- The Solar Highway“Make no little plans”, said Daniel Burnham, the mastermind of the 1893 world’s fair in Chicago. American designers have a penchant for big ideas.…
- Riding on space-approved flat-free tiresThe SMART Tire Company (STC), part of the FedTech NASA Startup Program, aims to make flat-free tires, originally developed for space travel, commercially available…
- Capturing tire particlesThe Tyre Collective, consisting of students from the Innovation Design Engineering programme of the Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art in…
- Glowing treesStreet lights are an important part of our urban infrastructure — they light our way home and make the roads safe at night. But…
- Sustainable bikes made of recycled plastic, bamboo and woodWhile bicycles made of steel are still the norm, bike using alternative and more sustainable materials are up and coming. We listed a few…
- The future of interiors: an interview with Niels van Eijk and Miriam van der LubbeThis year’s ambassadors for the sector Interiors of our annual trade fair MaterialDistrict Rotterdam (formerly Material Xperience) are Niels van Eijk and Miriam van…
- The future of Products: an interview with Anouk GroenMost of the time, you can find Anouk Groen at trade fairs for the automotive, motorcycle, textile, yacht, products or technology industries. As a…
- Driving towards a future with cleaner air with moss filled tiresWith electric cars becoming more popular, driving becomes more sustainable. The tire manufacturing Goodyear wants to add to that even more by introducing a…
- World’s first wooden bicycle path opens today in the NetherlandsThe Dutch love to cycle, and thus there are bicycle paths, paved and unpaved, everywhere. Commonly, the paved ones are made of asphalt or…
- Dutch Pilot Captures Tyre Wear Microplastics Before They Reach Roadside SoilDutch infrastructure specialist Joosten Groep, together with construction company Heijmans and Rijkswaterstaat, is testing a new filtration system that captures tyre wear particles and…
- Climate-Responsive Office Design With Recycled And Low-Carbon MaterialsLocated along a busy arterial road in Jaipur, India, Magnus by Sanjay Puri Architects demonstrates how material innovation can drive climate-responsive architecture. The office…
- Utrecht Introduces 100% Recycled Asphalt on ArchimedeslaanThe municipality of Utrecht, the Netherlands, has initiated a pilot project on Archimedeslaan using asphalt composed entirely of recycled materials. This marks the first…
- The Materials of Tomorrow: Biobased Innovations for Design and ConstructionBiobased materials are being explored as alternatives to traditional construction resources. Rijkswaterstaat, the Dutch government agency responsible for infrastructure, is conducting research at Hoeve…
- Self-heating concreteResearchers at Drexel University in the US developed a special type of concrete that can warm itself up when it snows or as temperatures…
- Retro-reflective façadeA small reception building on an unremarkable industrial estate has a visual surprise up its sleeve. Its upper storey is covered with a so-called…
- Flytrap-Inspired LensesImagine paint that adheres to a surface but releases on command, or road signs that change their reflectivity with changing weather conditions. These are…
- A self-regenerating concept tireTire company Goodyear developed a new concept tire called reCharge that can adapt and change to meet individual mobility needs. The concept focuses on…
- MaterialDistrict Rotterdam commits to Circular EconomyWith 175 exhibitors, an exhibition with 400 materials, and a lecture programme with 50 speakers, MaterialDistrict Rotterdam is once again imbued with material innovation. As…
