To hell with AI, more innovation like this please.#solarpunk
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To hell with AI, more innovation like this please.
#solarpunk@markmetz Here's a few links I found with the search engine KAGI.
This dates research back to the 1990s:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycelium-based_materialsNew news, Feb 20, 2026:
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1117254Food grade (edible) food packaging that is NOT petroleum based, biodegrades quickly, May 6, 2025:
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To hell with AI, more innovation like this please.
#solarpunkWhat if we could grow packaging ?
You mean like cardboard, wooden crates, paper envelopes ?
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To hell with AI, more innovation like this please.
#solarpunk@markmetz Oh fuck, this is
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@markmetz That's really cool! I hope it takes off.
@chrisp
Absolutely! I hope that it’s not a proprietary process and that it’s open source. -
To hell with AI, more innovation like this please.
#solarpunk@markmetz Assuming the murshrooms won't potentially grow onto anything they might flake off onto, this is already very promising
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@thibaultmol @Morpurgo
I would hope that this is Open source and not proprietary, or that it could be engineered in a way that it could be open source. -
@markmetz https://www.magicalmushroom-shop.com/ more info here
@Helenisenough
Thanks! I hope this is replicated in open source around the world -
@c_salem@mastodon.social Such projects are already funded by the EU, e.g. the Belgian company Permafungi.
And the packages are in the shops. In France e.g. https://www.embelium.fr/ - and outside the EU you have Mushroom Packaging UK.@NatureMC @c_salem@mastodon.social
Good to know! It would be great to see some regulations mandating this. -
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To hell with AI, more innovation like this please.
#solarpunk@markmetz @sjar Check this https://loop-biotech.com/
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#solarpunk@markmetz I don't know if it was made by these guys, but I received a gift of a bottle of hot sauce made by the brothers Sheldrake which was packaged in this type of material. It really does work very well.
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#solarpunk@markmetz
To simple and corporations wont make enough money -
To hell with AI, more innovation like this please.
#solarpunk@markmetz yes!! I love stuff like this. I try to cut down on my waste but ya know I like to buy things and I hate when they use excess plastic!! An SD card can ship to me loose in an envelope I do not care. I try buying used but that's not always possible.
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To hell with AI, more innovation like this please.
#solarpunk@markmetz Excellent idea.
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To hell with AI, more innovation like this please.
#solarpunk@markmetz I want to insulate my house with this. Maybe in a few years, we can just inoculate walls and feed the insulation.
A friend told me there's already a paint based on this principle that just grows back when damaged 🤩
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@markmetz Assuming the murshrooms won't potentially grow onto anything they might flake off onto, this is already very promising
@disorderlyf the production process involves heating up the material at the end to denature it.
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Splendid,
@markmetz we need more of this. Have you any experiences with growing this in situ, for example as insulation for houses? (Is it even suitable as insulation?)@inj4n
That I do not know since I am not the one growing it, but I certainly hope so! It seems like it has a lot of potential! -
@markmetz Sharing for the corduroy pants and wool sweaters everyone seems to be wearing. I didn't even know you could still BUY corduroy.
@Wyatt_H_Knott
Apparently, so, my daughter recently sent me up with a nice pair of corduroy pants that I was dreaming of.
