Lifting Rocks with a Guadua Bamboo Tripod
In the rugged terrain of rural Colombia, some of the toughest jobs still rely on the raw power of nature. This handcrafted Guadua bamboo tripod is a perfect example of that.
Bamboo Provides Biomass for the Production of Renewable Energy
Bamboo is a sustainable energy source that produces 1 kWh of electricity from 1,2 kg of bamboo. This is similar to the biomass requirements for wood products, but outperforms other types of biomass sources.
Bamboo Textiles And Fabrics: What You Need To Know Before Buying
In recent years different technologies have been developed that allow bamboo fiber to be used for a wide range of textile, fabrics, yarn, cloth, clothing and fashion applications such as T-shirts, pants, underwear, socks, towels, bedsheets, pillow covers, blankets, mattresses, and even bulletproof vests.
Bamboo Beehives: A Unique Way To Make Your Own Honey
In Latin America, farmers often use bamboo as beehives. Bamboo internodes (the part between 2 nodes) of larger diameter bamboo species such as Guadua angustifolia or Dendrocalamus asper are very well suited to make a bamboo beehive
Bamboo Musical Instruments
Bamboo is used to make musical instruments for thousands of years, probably as a percussion instrument at first, but later also for wind instruments and stringed instruments. Its natural hollow form makes bamboo an obvious choice for many traditional instruments.
Bamboo Cannons
In the Philippines, you can find gigantic bamboo plants deep within the tropical jungles, mountains, and even near the rice paddies. Many Filipinos use this bamboo to make "Kerosene Bamboo Cannons", which they use as an alternative to firecrackers, during Christmas and the New Year.
Bamboo Steering Wheel
After their unique premium sound system made from bamboo charcoal, bamboo fibre and resin, Lexus has now revealed their newest invention: the Bamboo Steering Wheel!
Corrugated Bamboo Roofing Sheets
Imagine if all Central and South American homes, offices and sheds would use corrugated roofs made from bamboo instead of zinc or plastic, and imagine if all these roofs were produced from locally available native bamboo forests and plantations.
Bamboo Polo Balls
Bamboo polo balls where made and used during most of the 20th century, as they were stronger than wooden balls. They originate from India where the first polo club was established in 1833.
Bamboo Cables
Marco Polo was the first to reveal the domestic value and importance of bamboo to the Western World trough his historic travels in Asia. Among many other discoveries, he described how the Chinese used and manufactured bamboo cables for towing boats.
Wind Powered Bamboo Minesweeper
Afghani designer Massoud Hassani invented a wind powered bamboo minesweeper that can potentially save thousands of lives. Mine Kafon is a revolutionary landmine clearer/detonator that is very cheap to make.
Electric Powered Bamboo Tricycle
Can this electric powered bamboo tricycle provide solutions to traffic congestion and air pollution in China? British expats are hoping to ease traffic congestion, parking and pollution problems with their new eco-friendly "Bamboo Treecycle" invention which is proving to be a big hit.