There are a number of companies that make skate boards and surf boards out of bamboo. The bamboo in surf boards replaces fiberglass, resulting in a board that is lighter and stronger.
Bamboo can be used to make fiber. This fiber can then be used to make any kind of clothing. You can literally wear bamboo, play bamboo, ride bamboo, eat bamboo, and live in a house made of bamboo. Given that bamboo grows very rapidly, it seems certain that in years to come this environmentally friendly material is only going to increase in popularity. Uses of bamboo
A Bamboo PC
OK, it was a gimmick. The laptop launched at the Hanover computer fair in March, with a laminated bamboo casing around a pretty conventional computer won’t make a dent in the rising tide of plastics sold around the world. But it was a little demonstration of what can be done, and, if proof of bamboo’s versatility were required, consider it proven.
Bamboo is surely the only plant providing sources of food, building materials and woven fabrics. One of Edison’s early light bulbs had a carbonised bamboo filament. Its strength, resilience and cheapness make it a widely used scaffolding material throughout Asia. The fibres of bamboo poles have high strength both in tension and compression. Its compressive strength is roughly twice that of concrete and bamboo has roughly the same tensile strength to weight ratio as steel. And now there’s a bamboo laptop!
Bamboo ticks lots of boxes for anyone buying eco-friendly items for the home. For a start, it’s a highly sustainable raw material. Some species of bamboo grow at more than a metre every day. Local people can cut down as much as they need for carving, weaving, sawing or splitting and still have as big a forest at the end of the year as they had at the start.
From Japan comes the optical bamboo mouse. It's made with polished strips of bamboo. Bamboo is a readily renewable resource, and it's one of the hardest woods in existence. The Evergreen company makes the mouse, along with a matching keyboard. The mouse goes for 3,980 Yen ($34), and they keyboard is available for 7,980 Yen ($68) from Donya.
But the American, who has become well known for making bikes out of plant materials, has some competition. The number of experts who are making bicycles out of renewable raw materials is growing. Among them are Brano Meres, an engineer from Slovakia and professional cyclist Nick Frey also from California. German engineer Nicolas Meyer is also working along this line, but not with bamboo. Instead he has built a triathlon bike out of hemp. Read more . . .
Bamboo can be used to make fiber. This fiber can then be used to make any kind of clothing. You can literally wear bamboo, play bamboo, ride bamboo, eat bamboo, and live in a house made of bamboo. Given that bamboo grows very rapidly, it seems certain that in years to come this environmentally friendly material is only going to increase in popularity. Uses of bamboo
Antibacterial
Bamboo clothing has natural antibacterial and antifungal properties due to a substance called ‘bamboo-kun’. This property means the fabric stays fresher for longer, and is more healthy and hygienic. Studies by The Japan Textile Inspection Association have shown that even after 50 washes, the fabric still retains its antibacterial properties which resist the bacteria that cause body odour and fabric degradation
A Bamboo PCOK, it was a gimmick. The laptop launched at the Hanover computer fair in March, with a laminated bamboo casing around a pretty conventional computer won’t make a dent in the rising tide of plastics sold around the world. But it was a little demonstration of what can be done, and, if proof of bamboo’s versatility were required, consider it proven.
Bamboo is surely the only plant providing sources of food, building materials and woven fabrics. One of Edison’s early light bulbs had a carbonised bamboo filament. Its strength, resilience and cheapness make it a widely used scaffolding material throughout Asia. The fibres of bamboo poles have high strength both in tension and compression. Its compressive strength is roughly twice that of concrete and bamboo has roughly the same tensile strength to weight ratio as steel. And now there’s a bamboo laptop!
Bamboo ticks lots of boxes for anyone buying eco-friendly items for the home. For a start, it’s a highly sustainable raw material. Some species of bamboo grow at more than a metre every day. Local people can cut down as much as they need for carving, weaving, sawing or splitting and still have as big a forest at the end of the year as they had at the start.
From Japan comes the optical bamboo mouse. It's made with polished strips of bamboo. Bamboo is a readily renewable resource, and it's one of the hardest woods in existence. The Evergreen company makes the mouse, along with a matching keyboard. The mouse goes for 3,980 Yen ($34), and they keyboard is available for 7,980 Yen ($68) from Donya.
The Ultimate Eco-Friendly Ride
Craig Calfee is known as the Zen master of bamboo-bike builders. In his workshop on the Californian coast, only a hundred meters from the tumultuous waves of the Pacific Ocean, the frame designer builds breathtaking bikes out of the fast-growing plant, the largest member of the grass family.
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