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In the Future, Your Cars Will Be Made of Pineapples and Bananas

By Graeme McMillan on March 28, 2011

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Related Tags: Alcides Leao, auto tech, fruit plastics, Nano-cellulose fiber, National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, plastic

Consider it the ultimate in green engineering: Researchers at Sao Paulo State University in Brazil have developed a way to use plant fibers to create a stronger, lighter and more environmentally-friendly automotive plastic than ever before.

The new nano-cellulose fibers, which come from "delicate fruits" like bananas and pineapples, are as strong as Kevlar, according to Alcides Leao, the team-leader of the project:

The properties of these plastics are incredible. They are light, but very strong - 30 percent lighter and 3-to-4 times stronger. We believe that a lot of car parts, including dashboards, bumpers [and] side panels, will be made of nano-sized fruit fibers in the future. For one thing, they will help reduce the weight of cars and that will improve fuel economy.

Those aren't the only benefits of the new plastics; Leao also claims that they are more resistant to heat, water and spilled gasoline than conventional plastics. Leao presented his team's findings to the 241st National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society this weekend, suggesting that alternative uses for the plastics may also include medical applications including hip replacements, artificial heart valves and ligaments. Personally, I'm pulling for Apple to make a claim for use in iPhones and iPads, for the "Apple/Banana" branding opportunities alone.

Read more: http://techland.time.com/2011/03/28/in-the-future-your-cars-will-be-made-of-pineapples-and-bananas/#ixzz1IIjSIzVO

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Andy Warhol

ARE FORGED BRILLO BOXES ON THE MARKET?

Die Süddeutsche Zeitung reports that some of Andy Warhol’s Brillo boxes might be forgeries. The original boxes, which were created in 1964, have since captured six-figure prices at auctions. According to a recent report in the Swedish newspaper Expressen, some of the prized boxes may have been made in Malmö in 1990—three years after Warhol’s death.

How did the fakes surface in Sweden? In 1968, Stockholm’s Moderna Museet ordered five hundred original Brillo boxes from America for a Warhol exhibition. To fill in some gaps in the installation, Pontus Hultén, who was then head of the museum and who died last year, is said to have ordered extra boxes, which were made in Sweden, with Warhol’s permission and according to the artist’s specifications. These 1968 copies can today garner up to 100,000 euros ($135,238) when accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

According to the Expressen report, in the mid-nineties, Hultén signed similar certificates for Brillo boxes that were made in 1990 in Malmö and shown in an exhibition in Saint Petersburg. These fake “Stockholm boxes” surfaced on the art market in 1994. In light of the report, current Moderna Museet director Lars Nittve has initiated an investigation into the newspaper’s claims.

— Jennifer Allena

Cirque du soleil Banana Shpeel

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