Nearly half of every pineapple you eat ends up in the trash. But now, companies across the globe are turning the inedible parts of the fruit into textiles, plates, soap, and more. | World Wide Waste ~food Video 17:33 8 votes
Wire EDM is an insanely precise manufacturing method. But there's a trick behind these objects that appear to have no seam. ~science Video 9:37 7 votes
I saw the face of God in a semiconductor factory ~tech Article 8142 words, published Mar 21 2023 4 votes
Green steel: Can we make steel without CO2 emissions? ~science Video 14:47, published May 30 2022 5 votes
A flock of chickens, held for ransom — Growing cyberattacks on Canada's food system threaten disaster ~tech security.cyber Article 2072 words 9 votes
The race across Europe to build green steel plants – construction of a plant is underway just outside Boden in northern Sweden ~engineering Article 1185 words 6 votes
Europe's largest deposit of rare earth metals has been found in Sweden – may not reach market before 10-15 years' time due to environmental risk evaluations ~enviro energy.renewable Article 34 words 5 votes
As demand for electric vehicles soars, Stora Enso in Finland has hired engineers to look into the possibility of using lignin, a polymer found in trees, to make batteries ~transport Article 1558 words 6 votes
Child workers found throughout Hyundai-Kia supply chain in Alabama ~transport Article 2459 words 8 votes
How one of America’s last piano manufacturers stays alive ~music Article 1837 words, published Sep 24 2022 5 votes
Infinited Fiber has invested heavily in a technology which can transform textiles that would otherwise be burned or sent to landfills into a new clothing fibre ~design fashion Article 1328 words 3 votes
Norway is extending the life of its last Arctic coal mine – will now operate until 2025 amid Europe's energy crisis ~enviro energy Article 292 words 7 votes
Manufacturers struggle to keep pace with vinyl record demand ~music Article 940 words, published Jun 24 2022 5 votes
Danish toy company Lego said it plans to invest more than $1 billion over ten years – new factory in the US and to enlarge an existing factory in Mexico ~finance business Article 379 words 8 votes
A DIY 3D printer that’s upside-down, on purpose? The Positron introduction. ~hobbies Video 12:46, published Jul 27 2021 4 votes
'Green steel' heating up in Sweden's frozen north – HYBRIT is a joint venture between SSAB, mining company LKAB and Swedish state-owned power firm Vattenfall ~engineering Article 903 words 5 votes
Two of Germany's largest shipbuilders declare bankruptcy ~transport Video 1:46, published Jan 11 2022 6 votes
Why championship chess sets are so expensive | So Expensive ~games.tabletop Video 7:43, published Jul 3 2021 6 votes
Electric cars are less green to make than petrol but make up for it in less than a year, new analysis reveals ~tech Article 707 words, published Jan 1 2022 21 votes
GM heralded this US plant as a model for its electric car future. Then its batteries started exploding ~transport Article 2840 words 8 votes
Northvolt rolls out Europe's first gigafactory-era car battery – Swedish plant ramps up lithium ion cell production in race to profit from growing electric car demand ~transport Article 548 words 7 votes
Weird testing infrastructure in pictures ~design Tweet @Kane: testing facility for thyssenkrupp elevators in Zhongshan City pic.twitter.com/2L4jG2Nel6 17 votes
Europe's newest industrial megaprojects are relocating to the far north of Sweden – but are curling, wild reindeer and the northern lights enough to convince workers to follow? ~life work Article 1876 words 12 votes
What’s harder to find than microchips? The equipment that makes them. ~tech Article 133 words 6 votes
Swedish green steel venture HYBRIT has made the world's first customer delivery of steel, produced without using coal, to Volvo ~engineering Article 299 words 15 votes
Ex-owners of polluting Italian steel plant convicted ~enviro pollution Article published May 31 2021 7 votes
Foxconn and Wisconsin have amended their contract to reflect a $672 million investment, instead of the $10 billion promised in 2017 ~tech Article 1152 words 17 votes
Swedish carmaker Volvo will offer a generous paid parental leave scheme to its 40,000 employees globally ~life parenting work Article 34 words 8 votes
Swedish lithium-ion battery maker Northvolt gets $14 billion order as Volkswagen raises ownership ~transport Article 225 words 4 votes
Volvo Cars to go fully electric by 2030 – it will phase out all car models with internal combustion engines, including hybrids ~transport Article 350 words 31 votes
TreeToTextile set to build demonstration plant in Sweden – several Nordic pulp makers are part of projects developing new clean ways to turn trees into textile fibre ~enviro sustainability Article 257 words 10 votes
Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes 'next level' battery technology ~transport Article 709 words 14 votes
GM will recall about seven million US pickup trucks and SUVs from the 2007-2014 model years to replace potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators ~transport Article 962 words 12 votes
Programmable filament gives even simple 3D printers multi-material capabilities ~hobbies Article 774 words 8 votes
First it was toilet paper—now we’re running out of fridges. Here’s why. ~finance Article 808 words, published Oct 10 2020 16 votes