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How everyday materials can make innovative new products
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Updated January 6, 2023 at 9:33 AM ET
Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode Repair, Repurpose, Reimagine.
Materials scientist Andrew Dent takes us on a tour of the "materials library" where companies can find existing materials to reuse in their products—from chewing gum, to fish scales, to cow manure.
About Andrew Dent
Andrew Dent is the executive vice president of research at Material ConneXion, a materials library and consultancy, and chief material scientist at SANDOW.
Dent has written about materials sciences for multiple outlets, including Fast Company, The Economist and the Financial Times. Before joining Material ConneXion in 2001, he worked for Cambridge University, Rolls Royce, the U.S. Navy, the British Ministry of Defense, NASA, and others.
Dent received his PhD in materials science from the University of Cambridge. He is the co-author of a series of books about Material Innovation.
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