Adidas just introduced running shoes made from 100 percent recyclable material. They allow customers to return the shoes to the company instead of throwing them away. The 'used' shoes are then washed, ground to pellets and melted into material for components for a new pair of shoes. https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/25/business/adidas-recyclable-shoe/index.html

As we all know, South Korea has a severe problem with air pollution. The Hanwha Galleria, one of the South Korean malls, cares for its customer?s wellbeing by installing the mall?s exterior lighting that changes according to the level of fine dust pollution. The lighting will be red if the fine-dust concentration is at elevated levels and it will be green when the levels of air pollution are low. https://www.hanwhagalleria.co.kr/en/index.jsp

Having an idea to create a custom bra for women who have had a mastectomy, Lisa Marks combined technology with the craft of handmade lace. Firstly, the AI scans the wearer to produce a pattern of a lace that is as symmetrical as possible. Then, the craftspeople use the scanning result to handcraft the lace. The bra does not use underwire, which tends to hurt post-surgery sensitive skin. http://www.lisamarks.com/work#/parametric-lace-1/

Lukas Franz has created Madillo, a helmet that can detect collisions and call an ambulance if the wearer gets into an accident. The helmet is made of an auxetic material, a material that becomes thicker when stretched, to provide a better fit for its wearer. The Madillo helmet also includes smart sensors and LEDs weaved into the design. The helmet will shine whenever the wearer changes directions. If it senses that the rider has been in a collision, it even sends an SOS signal out to the nearest hospital and summons for an ambulance, while transmitting the location until help arrives. https://designbylukasfranz.com/vadillo

Dutch maritime company, Port-Liner, has developed the world's first fully electric container ship. It will be powered by carbon-neutral batteries and it is designed to operate without a crew. The ship can travel for around 14 hours on a single charge, long enough to cover the popular Rotterdam/Antwerp/Duisburg shipping corridor. The barge can carry around 8 percent more cargo than a similarly-sized diesel vessel and has greater loading efficiency. https://www.portliner.nl/

Doconomy has launched a credit card that tracks the carbon emissions of each purchase and allows users to compensate for the impact with donations. The card comes with an app named Aland Index which calculates the carbon impact of every single transaction. The card itself is made of bio-sourced materials and is printed with ink made from recycled carbon particles. https://www.doconomy.com/