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UK student invents repairable kettle that anyone can fix | Gabriel Kay hopes his design can help tackle the problems caused by discarded electrical goods
Gabriel Kay hopes his design can help tackle the problems caused by discarded electrical goods
Osiris separates the potentially hazardous components, turning the process into something more like changing the dust bag in your vacuum than repairing an item.” Their designs appear in exhibitions and at events – including an upcoming show at Yorkton Workshops, London, next weekend, which will feature Kay’s kettle alongside a shoe that can be adapted for different terrains designed by Lewis Broughton, a new biocomposite made from rice straw, invented by Yohaan Kukreja and Ankita Khanna, and Conor McArthur’s seaweed “leather”. The Osiris kettle is named after the Egyptian god of death, rebirth and resurrection, and Kay hopes his product will live up to its title.
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