Material highlights 2024

Smart Mobility

Pocket Rocket
(SOL Motors, Stuttgart)

Bicycle with tires from dandelion rubber
(Fraunhofer IME, Continental, Germany)

Turbine for hybrid-electric aircraft
(Fraunhofer IWS, Dresden)

Husqvarna Skutta elektro-scooter with replaceable batteries
(Husqvarna, Sweden; Kiska Design, Austria)

 

Additive Solutions and Advanced Materials

3D-printed wooden crystals on textile
(Aalto University, Finland)

mycoustics: 3D printed mycelium loudspeaker
(Fraunhofer IWU, Dresden)

Micro-3D-solar elements from glass waste with integrated optics
(Daniel Clark, USA)

High-strength glass for unbreakable bottles
(Soul Bottles, Berlin)

 

Circularity

Seawood Furniture
(Blue-blocks, The Netherlands)

Paper for electronics made from nanocellulose
(ScobyTec, Leipzig)

PapairWrap - the bubble wrap made from 100% paper
(Papair, Hanover)

Hemp biocomposite chipboard
(Plantics, The Netherlands)