Mycelium Packaging
One of the few materials I know of that grows to fit molds, mycelium is a material made from the roots of a mushroom grown round agricultural waste.
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This ‘electronic skin’ turns your body into a LED screen
If smartwatches and fitness trackers are the best we can do when it comes to wearables, stop the planet, I want off. Jupiter looks better anyway. But wait, I can turn my skin into an actual LED display? (mor...
Havana Dimensional Lumber
One of my favorite wood like samples this material feels like a hard wood lumber, it has the weight and the hardness but is made from bamboo. (more…)...
Visiting the Central Research Laboratory
Today I was invited to see the Central Research Laboratory. It's an incubator for start up companies which are trying to make something physical, not just apps or services the CRL really wants to support those ...
Curv self-reinforced polypropylene
An interesting take on fibre reinforced materials, this polypropylene sheet is reinforced with a lattice structure made from polypropylene. (more…)...
Bright Green
Bright Green is an awesome preserved moss where all the water has been replaced with glycine so it does not decompose. (more…)...
Schott Xensation
Schott's glass is flexible, highly scratch resistant glass which a competitor of Corning's more well known Gorilla Glass. (more…)...
Phase change fabric
Phase change materials can manipulate heat in really special way. They slowly absorb heat feeling unnaturally cool on the skin and then slowly release that heat as it cools down. (more…)...
Invisible Solar Cells That Could Power Skyscrapers
Silicon Valley startup Ubiquitous Energy is making the world’s first transparent solar cells, a technology that could greatly expand the reach of solar power. Their technology is an invisible film that can go o...