Automated sneaker repair service
By Charles Carter, 21/09/22 Innovators at Nike have developed a robotic sneaker repair service that scans, cleans and patches up old sneakers to help reduce waste. B.I.L.L. (Bot Initiated Longevity Lab) is currently being piloted free of charge to shoppers in Nike Town London. It is one aspect of Nike’s initiative to embrace the circular […]
Microplastic-eating bionic fish
By Charles Carter, 02/11/22 The Natural Robotics Contest built a prototype of this year’s winning entry from Eleanor Mackinstosh: Gillbert, a bionic fish that eats microplastic by filtering it from ingested water using mesh gills. Eleanor’s idea was to mimic how fish swim and extract oxygen from water to help clean up microplastic pollution in […]