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24/08/10

Babyzen, an innovative pushchair

BABYZEN™ is an innovative foldaway pushchair weighing less than 10 kilos striving for the highest degree of comfort, practicality and safety.read more

24/08/10

Velvet revolution in knee surgery

Operating upon the cruciate ligament in the knee is about to become a lot simpler with the Resofix® Plus applicator developed by the German company Resoimplant.read more

23/08/10

Creation of a recycling chain

Rhodia and its partners Renault, INDRA SAS / Re-source Industries, Steep and Mann & Hummel are embarking upon the creation of a recycling chain for polyamide obtained from End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs) ...read more

10/06/10

World Cup : football shirts go green

It’s now the turn of the world of football to become conscious of the need to preserve our environment. Nike has made the first green move in creating shirts made entirely of recycled polyester, manufactured from plastic bottles recovered from Japanese and Taiwanese dumps. read more

10/06/10

Floors working for health

Forbo, one of the world leaders in flexible floor coverings, has just launched its first-born from its Solution Santé range dedicated to health problems in hospital environments: the compact PVC acoustic flooring “Sarlon Tech Sparkling.”read more

10/06/10

CTRUS, a revolutionary football

This could be the ball of the 21st century: transparent, with an internal structure called the “skelle-core” and a synthetic outer skin, CTRUS can change colour according to where it is situated, via a GPS connector with a chip.read more

28/04/10

Sakku solar bag

The Swiss bag Sakku can not only carry your belongings but also serve as a recharging point for your telephone, GPS, walkman, etc. You will no longer be up in the mountains with your portable out of power or your iPod giving up on you while you are sunbathing at the water’s edge! read more

27/04/10

Plastiki, a catamaran made of recycled bottles

After many months of design work, this 20-metre catamaran, sponsored by David de Rotschild, finally took to the sea on 20 March to cross the Atlantic, from San Francisco (California) to Sydney (Australia), about 16,000 miles in a hundred days or so.read more

27/04/10

Aquamaterial, a new water-based plastic

Researchers have recently developed a new material consisting of 98% water which, in time, could replace certain polymers from the oil industry. read more

27/04/10

“Sack,” the malleable vase

If, like most of us, you never have the right vase at hand, at the right time (too small, too wide, etc.), there is only one solution: the “sack” vase.read more

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