This blog is for students enrolled in DSID 130 Sustainable Design in the Fall 2011. Enter at least two blogposts per week about sustainability. It can be anything that you read, hear, or see. You can add links, photos, and please write up a one or two sentence description of what makes it such a compelling entry. Build, share, learn. This is what begins to make you an active and life long learner!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Rethinking Bamboo
Check out this Bamboo electric car created by Kyoto University's EV project. The car exterior is made completely by bamboo. The bamboo is used as super rigid fabric-like material and is woven together to create a unique shape. The bamboo has some flexibility; enough flexibility to deform and absorb small impacts caused during a collision.
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