Devices that allow physical touch with WINT design lab WINT Design Lab envisions, prototypes, and designs regenerative futures through devices and biotextiles that allow humans to connect with their bodies more and free themselves from fossil materials that harm them and the environment. The studio works on (concept) objects that pull people back to … Read more
Healing wastelands using non-motored bionic tumbleweed ball To heal the wastelands, designer Yizhuo Guo creates a bionic Tumbleweed plant-inspired ‘nomad’ ball that rolls around to plant seeds. A passive, unpowered biomimetic structure, the device named Wasteland Nomad moves through a damaged landscape without a motor, a power source, or a human operator, and deposits … Read more
Hagen, E. M. Acute complications of spinal cord injuries. World J. Orthop. 6, 17–23 (2015). Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Sezer, N., Akkus, S. & Ugurlu, F. G. Chronic complications of spinal cord injury. World J. Orthop. 6, 24–33 (2015). Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Ahuja, C. S. et al. Traumatic spinal cord … Read more
Researchers use mycelium as alternative components Researchers at EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) have created a living biodegradable material made from fungi that can allow trash bags to decompose the organic waste. It is only of the many potential applications of the studied fungi. In the field of electronics, the … Read more