Clay can be used to cool homes, build furniture, preserve food, play music, and even purify air. Meet five innovators harnessing the potential of terracotta craft.
A new life for the famous 'Mangalore Tiles'. Manoj Patel is an Ahmedabad based architect whose unique clay roof tile-based furniture is garnering a lot of interest.
Handmade by traditional craftsmen, each one of these carbon tiles equals cleaning 30,000 litres of polluted air. That's one full day's worth of clean air per person! #Innovation #Startup
The proprietary chemical developed by the research group is an organic chemical based on olefins. It helps bind the polymer and fibre materials to form the composites.