Articles
Bamboo buildings on World Bamboo Day
Today, on World Bamboo Day, we present several constructions that use the super material bamboo. Bamboo is the fastest growing plant on the planet. It has a greater tensile strength than steel and withstands compression ...
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Polish concert hall is made with Picado concrete
The Jordanki Cultural and Convention Center in Poland, designed by Spanish architect Fernando Menis, is made from a new type of concrete called Picado, a mix of concrete and crushed bricks. Picado, from the Spanish ...
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More sustainable adhesive tape made from wood scraps
A team of engineers at the University of Delaware, US, developed a more sustainable way of making adhesive tape, using the wood scraps. Whether you’re using tape to wrap a gift, or stick a band-aid ...
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New sponge-like material turns harmful dyes colourless
Researchers at the University of Washington (US) have created an environmentally friendly sponge-like material that can turn harmful dyes spilled into the environment colourless. Dyes are widely used in industries such as textiles, cosmetics, plastics ...
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This plywood pavilion produces algae as food source
Space10, Ikea’s external future-living lab, developed the Algae Dome, a four-metre high plywood pavilion that produces micro-algae as a food source. The alga is a photosynthetic organism, which means it uses sunlight to convert carbon ...
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Sewn Timber Shell uses sewing to create a wooden structure
The so-called Sewn Timber Shell, developed by researchers from the University of Stuttgart and Tongji University, investigates the use of robotics and sensing mechanisms in combination with garment design to explore a new way of ...
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