Soft flexible batteries made from a cellulose aerogel
A battery that is soft, light, be compressed and keep it's charge. It's possible if we get inventive.
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Low-Density Polyethylene
LDPE (Low-Density Polyethylene) is perhaps the most common plastic you encounter, it very cheap and can be processed by all conventional methods.
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High-density polyethylene
HDPE (high-density polyethylene) is one of the most used plastics on the planet, it's got a high strength to weight ratio and is perfect for contact with food.
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Beech
Beech one of the most commonly used hardwoods, looks good can be worked into many shapes and is perfect for steam bending.
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Piezoceramics
Piezoceramics are pretty special, the term piezo means that the material generates electricity based upon mechanical stress.
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‘Design Thinking’ Book Review
Nigel Cross looks into the nitty gritty of design thinking. The book gives us an insight into the difficult task of understanding the process of design thinking. The clear examples help outline the difficult pr...
‘Democratizing Innovation’ Book Review
The book by Eric Von Hippel shows the reader the radically new world of 'user-centered innovation' the subtle and some what confusing process of users innovating products distributed by manufacturers to solve i...
‘Change By Design’ Book Review
This book by Tim Brown of IDEO uses a wide range of examples and interesting projects to give a real eye opener in the realm of design thinking. While I felt I understood design thinking this book made me real...
Harvesting power from heartbeats
So how do you keep a pacemaker powered? Make the human the generator!
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The Brand Gap Book Review
This wonderfully condensed overview of branding is a masterpiece. The information is quick, targeted and easy to follow, I plowed through this in an afternoon and it educated me to no end.
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