David Hockney: The iPad Procreate Artist
Researchers in China have created a textile from living mycelium that is self-cleaning, near self-repairing and can be coloured or made UV protective through "plug-and-play" add-ons of different fungi or yeast.
The breakthrough from the researchers at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology is a type of engineered living material (ELM) – a material built off living organisms that stay active even after they're fabricated into their final form.
This distinguishes it from most contemporary uses of mycelium, which involve drying and effectively killing the fungus to produce a stable, non-growing material that has become a popular emerging alternative to plastic packaging and vinyl. (...)».
This book advances a program for the civilization state. What is a civilization state? It is a polity that embodies an organized set of ideas about human life and human society, which is radically different from the modern, Western concept of the state. The civilization state gives expression to a worldview. (...)».
The New Landscapes India programme generated significant impact across innovation, skills development, and sector engagement. It also fostered sector-wide engagement through exhibitions, knowledge exchange, and policy dialogue, reinforcing UK-India collaboration, cultural exchange, and providing greater visibility of joint innovation across the sector.
This report provides an overview of the programme’s context, delivery model, and principal achievements. Alongside detailed SME project case studies illustrating the breadth of research and innovation undertaken, whilst collated data highlights the wider economic, social and cultural impact through the scheme».