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Dutch manufacturer Buitink Technology, based in Duiven, has come up with an innovative inflatable clear plastic vehicle isolation screening system for use in cars. The screen was developed to provide ...

It is rare to make it through a summer holiday without seeing a giant rubber ring or lilo bobbing around in the pool - but often their days are numbered. "Absolute tat," one unhappy customer wrote ...

If you want to experiment with pneumatic devices, you’ll likely find yourself in need of custom inflatable bladders eventually. These can be made in arbitrary 2D shapes by using a soldering iron to ...

A group of environmental campaigners have created an art installation using a mountain of plastic inflatables left by campers over one summer. Last week was bodyboards this week we cast our intention ...

Most drownings of younger children occur when they shouldn't be swimming in the first place. Of course, kids should be under constant adult supervision while swimming, but parents should also be ...

What do tobacco, war and inflatable plastic pants have to do with the way the modern man dresses? Far more than you might imagine. Consider the smoking jacket. At the exhibition “Reigning Men: Fashion ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Things have been quiet at the Museum of Contemporary Art this year, but Ultra Unreal aims at a reboot. It’s an exhibition that pushes ...

If we ever have giant inflatable telescopes in space, you can thank Chris Walker’s mom. Years ago, Walker was making chocolate pudding when he had to interrupt his culinary undertaking to field a ...

Discarded plastic cups and bottles are so prevalent, they’re almost invisible. Two artists are trying to make them and their impact impossible to ignore. Discarded plastic cups and bottles are so ...

After years of pressure from environmental advocates, the global retail giant Amazon announced last week that it has eliminated plastic air pillows from its global network of “fulfillment centers,” as ...