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Seaweed close to a wall.
Seaweed is a raw material that could form the basis of future clothing. Here, a seaweed bed in Iceland.

Seaweed could be set to fashion the future

How about a dress or trousers made from seaweed? A Nordic research and collaboration project is looking at how one of the ocean's raw materials can be used to make the fashion industry more sustainabl...

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Wicky Qin holding a sleep mask
Wicky Qin, a KTH student and product designer, has worked with an international team to produce a sleep mask to improve sleep. The product has three modules: Neural Signal Detection, Bone Conduction and Light Stimulation, which are combined to improve the user's sleep quality. Now, the BEKVÄM sleep mask has been named this year's national winner of the James Dyson Award.

Hello there Wicky Qin, designer of an award winning sleep mask

You have designed a sleeping mask that may improve the quality of sleep by connecting brain signals with light and sound functions. Now the product has been named this year's national winner of the pr...

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truck on the road
Photo: Scania

They unravel the impact of high fuel costs

When the fuel prices surge – what happens to the transport sector? KTH is part of a project that will find out and focus on how environmental policies impact behavior.

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