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This carbon nanotube yarn generates power when pulled

Power-producing materials are the stuff of wearable inventors' dreams. And scientists just created a yarn that...

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Gigantic blood-red web takes over Gucci in Tokyo

Born in Osaka and currently based in Berlin, Chiharu Shiota is well-known for her passion of wrapping objects and...

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All-wool bed & breakfast opens in London

In celebration of London’s Wool Week, a cozy new AirBNB has popped up in the eastern part of the British capital....

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Sanne Visser unveils super-strong rope bags made from human hair

https://vimeo.com/171334044 While it may sound disturbing at first, hair actually has a number of properties...

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Artist covers two houses in bright pink crochet as a symbol of hope for refugees

https://vimeo.com/180960347 Olek traveled to Avesta, Sweden to install art at a museum, and during conversations...

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Vintage Bicycles Get Crocheted in Cape Town

Whether you want to call it yarn-bombing or guerrilla knitting, this craze has spread across the world in a colorful...

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Knitted Replicas of Forest Fungi Help Fabric Artist Commune with Nature

When's the last time you got up close and personal with a mushroom? Or stopped to consider the beauty of fungus...

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The Laptop Compubody Sock is a Commentary on Our Attachment to Computers

Working on your laptop in public can be distracting, and it can be difficult to keep your work private from the...

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University Of Texas to Use Carbon Nanotubes to Create Super-Strong Artificial Muscles

Photo from Shutterstock Carbon nanotubes are a ground-breaking material that have been proposed for use in everything...

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Susanna Bauer Delicately Adorns Natural Objects with Her Amazing Embroidery

Artist Susanna Bauer carefully spins webs over stones, pieces of drift wood, and the edges of leaves. Detailed...

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PHOTOS: Bryant Park Gets Yarnbombed, Invaded by Sheep

The Campaign for Wool is a pro-wool campaign that was initiated in 2008 when the Prince of Wales noticed a decline...

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30 Woolly Sheep Invade NYC’s Bryant Park Lawn

New York's Bryant Park is popular with picnickers all year long, but today the green area has been invaded by a...

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