Open-Source Self-Healing Material Library | Design Frontiers

Open-Source Self-Healing Material Library

A collaboratively maintained, publicly accessible database of self-healing material recipes and fabrication techniques, adapted to specific local environments and resource availability. Empowers local communities to experiment, adapt, and improve their own infrastructure. Focus: Knowledge sharing, distributed innovation, community resilience.

Projects inspired by this Product Idea

What if our buildings could heal themselves?

Symbiotic Structures: Symbiotic Structures merges indigenous Central African building practices with futuristic bio-integrated materials to create self-healing, community-managed infrastructure.

Future Scenarios that inspired this product idea

Self-healing infrastructure materials are developed to minimize repair needs in conflict zones.

Extrapolated from Gaza ceasefire begins after delay as Hamas names hostages to be released Sunday - NPR

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