Developed a rubber floor that shelters in the rain
The formula uses water as a catalyst that forms a filler in cracks, regenerating the rubber floor every time it rains.
The formula uses water as a catalyst that forms a filler in cracks, regenerating the rubber floor every time it rains.
A team at the University of Sussex has developed a special industrial adhesive that can dissolve when placed in a magnetic field. This allows objects otherwise destined for landfill to be easily disassembled and recycled at the end of their life. Currently, objects such as cell phones, microwave ovens and car dashboards are assembled using an industrial adhesive that is practically inseparable except with the use of toxic and highly caustic products. It's a fast and relatively cheap way to make products, but it creates problems in… Read more
Aluminum (also from used cans) and non-polluting electrolytes. Every 2500km you change them in 90 seconds and they recycle. Aluminum-air batteries? A bomb.
Travel in time and experience a November day in Italy in 2050, from North to South. Here's what you'll see in one case or another.
“I think I don't do anything special. Zero-waste? I just recovered good practices that society has forgotten for 50 years."
Feel the peel dispenses freshly squeezed orange juice using leftover peels as material to 3D print the recyclable glasses in which the juice is served.
Plastic roads are four times lighter in structure than asphalt, assemble like LEGO and turn waste into recyclable resources.
Each phase of the process is natural and gives life to biodegradable, fireproof, waterproof and recyclable products. Pine needles: aesthetic and ecological triumph.
A team at Georgia Tech tried a “MacGyver” approach, giving the handyman robot a set of parts and asking it to obtain a specific tool.
Adidas has revealed to the world Loop, its 100% recyclable shoe, an "infinite" shoe that, once discarded, can be disassembled and completely put back into circulation. A shoe that literally lasts a lifetime (and beyond). The name is eloquent: Loop. An infinite circle, which gives a good idea. It was created by a special division of Adidas, FutureCraft, which is responsible for totally innovating the German giant's footwear. Over the years, FutureCraft has introduced printed customizations… Read more
We can stem the food crisis by working hard on eight factors that have worsened and strengthened the weaknesses in our system. Here are what they are.
For those who still wonder what served to go to the Moon, here are 10 pieces of modern technology born directly from the Apollo mission.
For Days, more than a company, is the paradigm of radical, sustainable and ethical change also in the world of clothing and fashion.
A team has created a method of de-printing the sheets that works with the normal paper already on the market and present in all homes and offices.