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Building with Lego bricks made from reclaimed wood

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German company TRIQBRIQ developed a timber construction system that consist of micro-modular wooden building blocks, which can stacked quickly to create loadbearing walls. The so-called BRIQs are manufactured with high precision using robot technology from ...

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Fabric made from apple waste

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Japanese studio Sozai Center developed a flexible, fabric-like sheet material called Adam, made from waste from apples. Aomori Prefecture is one of Japan’s leading apple producing regions. The apples are used in various processed products, ...

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A chair made of eelgrass and hemp

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Danish furniture brand Normann Copenhagen collaborated with design studio Foersom & Hiort-Lorenzen to create a chair with a shell made of hemp and eelgrass. Called the Mat Chair, the seat of the chair is made ...

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A permeable concrete paver system

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Norwegian design studio Snøhetta designed a permeable paver system consisting of interlocking concrete hexagonal pieces. With increasing streets and surfaces in cities, water management is more important than ever. Permeable surfaces can help manage larger ...

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Organic solar cells made of wood

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Researchers at Linköping University and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) have now shown that lignin can be used to make solar cells even more environmentally friendly and reliable. Traditional solar cells are made of ...

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An acoustic panel made of mycelium

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Amager-based designer Jonas Edvard in collaboration with Arup Engineers designed an acoustic panel and room divider made of mycelium. Called Myx Sail / Floor, the project is based on years of mycelium research by Edvard. ...

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