A MACHINE TO PRODUCE ECO-FRIENDLY AND ECONOMICAL BUILDING MATERIALS
Saturday May 27th 2006, 7:24 am

Filed under: earth, home

The winner of the 2006 Modern Marvels and Invent Now Challenge, a competition sponsored by the History Channel, is the Strawjet. Invented by David R. Ward, the machine processes straw that’s left over after harvests into a mat, similar to a very large bamboo window blind, which can be used to construct eco-friendly composite building panels.

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Click here to check out the top 25 finalists via makezine.




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