New materials being developed will enable new products and functions. Resources are becoming increasingly scarce given consumption rates and lack of alternatives. Scientists are working on new materials from alternative sources like algae, mushrooms, and shrimp shells to develop replacements for plastics, concrete, and other materials in a sustainable way. These new materials have properties like being self-healing, touch sensitive, or able to break down pollution. Development of new materials will continue to transform products and industries in the future.

1. THE AGE OF
NEW MATERIALS
We are on the verge of a new age. Characterized
not only by digitalization and the Internet of Things,
but also by new materials – enabling products
and functions we never believed possible.
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2. SCARCITY OF RESOURCES
What a helium balloon could
cost in about 25 years based
on the current supply,
according to Nobel Prize
winner in physics Robert
Richardson.
100 USD
Resources will
be depleted
by 2040.
SILVER
Of all helium
produced is used
by NASA to
clean the fuel tanks
in spaceships.
¾
The second megatrend in PWC’s
2014 report Five megatrends and
possible implications is climate
change and resource scarcity.2
2030
Reserves of indium – the metal used
in touch screens – are estimated to
be depleted by 2030, given today’s
rate of consumption.
Amount of metals and
minerals consumed
by one person in the
Western world during
his or her lifetime.
1,000 TONS

3. OIL RESOURCES
HOW MUCH OIL IS LEFT?
1,493 billion barrels
– World crude oil reserves
PRODUCTS
MADE FROM
A BARREL OF
CRUDE OIL
WHAT CAN WE MAKE
FROM PETROLEUM?
Petroleum products are also used to
make various plastics, synthetic
materials and chemical products.
Petroleum can be found in:
Oil consumption annually
– 35 billion barrels
predicted to be produced
and consumed in 2016 by
Oil Market Report.
Golf balls, pantyhose, deodorant, toothpaste, paint brushes, life jackets, ballpoint pens, skis, detergents …
OTHER DISTILLATES (HEATING OIL)
HEAVY FUEL OIL
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES
JET FUEL
OTHER
PRODUCTS
DIESEL
GASOLINE

4. BAGS MADE
OUT OF
SHRIMP SHELLS
Shrilk is a new material developed
at Harvard University that is made
out of discarded shrimp shells and
fibroin protein from silk. It could be
used for trash bags, packaging and
diapers that are biodegradable.
DESIGNER
ATOMS
Nanocrystals are tiny
crystalline arrays that provide building blocks
for new materials and substances useful for
harvesting solar energy or delivering
quantum computing.
NEW MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
A NEW SUPER MATERIAL
Algae can be used to make hi-fi speakers,
computer components and bulking agents
in low-calorie foods.
MUSHROOMS
IN SURFBOARDS
Ecovative Design use
mushrooms as an environmentally
friendly alternative to Styrofoam that could be
used in automotive bumpers, but also surfboards
and clothing.

5. PROPERTIES OF NEW MATERIALS
SELF-HEALING MATERIAL
NASA has designed a material
consisting of three layers – two thin
polymer walls with a liquid inside –
that can heal itself within
seconds of being
punctured.
SENSITIVE TO TOUCH
A Stanford University team
has created the first synthetic
material that is both self-healing
and sensitive to touch, which
could lead to more advanced
prosthetics.
SMOG-EATING
CONCRETE
The Palazzo Italia’s
biodynamic concrete
consumes smog,
transforming it into
inert salts.
SMART
FABRICS
Researchers say that tomorrow’s
digital components will be
seamlessly embedded
in fabric.
1,000,000,000,000
It is predicted that a trillion sensors will be utilized
to drive the Internet of Things in devices and
materials by 2025.

6. GRAPHENE
HIGH VOLTAGE
Due to the atomic properties
of graphene, it can conduct
electricity better, faster and
with more precision than any
other material.
2010 Andre Geim and
Kostya Novoselov are
awarded the Nobel Prize
in Physics.
+3,000The melting point of
graphene in
degrees Celsius.
200Graphene is 200 times stronger
than steel by weight.
1
ATOM THICK
3 million sheets of
graphene would
measure about
1 millimeter.
STRETCH IT
Graphene stretches up
to 20 percent of its length.
It is also the stiffest known material
— even stiffer than diamond.

7. HISTORY OF MATERIALS
PORTLAND
CEMENT
1824
VULCANIZED
RUBBER AND
SILVER-BASED
PHOTOGRAPHIC
PROCESSES
1839
BAKELITE –
FIRST SYNTHETIC
PLASTIC
1907
STAINLESS
STEEL
1912
LIQUID CRYSTAL
DISPLAY (LCD)
1968
GRAPHENE IS
PATENTED
2004
1799
ACID BATTERY
MADE FROM
COPPER/ZINC
1825
METALLIC
ALUMINUM
1883
FIRST SOLAR
CELLS USING
SELENIUM
WAFFLES
1908
CELLOPHANE
1931
NYLON
1970
SILICA OPTICAL
FIBERS
CAST IRON
IS USED
3RD CENTURY
SOURCES: U.S. ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY, OPEC, BBC, HARVARD UNIVERSITY,
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, DAILY MAIL, INHABITAT.COM, NASA, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, PWC, WIKIPEDIA, VETENSKAPENS VÄRLD.
ICONS: UNCLE BOB, SEAN D’AURIA, CREATIVE STALL, VIKTOR VOROBYEV, CATHERINE PLEASE, NIKITA KOZIN, JOI STACK, STEFFEN FRYS, VIKTOR FEDYUK, PHILIPPE VOSSEL, PABLO ROZENBERG, HAYDEN KERRISK, RYAN SPIERING, MISTER PIXEL, FLORENT, ARTHUR SHLAIN, CHAMELEON DESIGN, LUAN CAMPOS, JULES RENVOISÉ,
PARKJISUN, SERGEY KRIVOY, YAZMIN ALANIS, GIUDITTA VALENTINA GENTILE, PARKJISUN, JORDAN DELCROS, REDIFFUSION, TOMMY LAU, ANDREW NIELSEN, SCOTT LEWIS, RODRIGO VIDINICH, BLAISE SEWELL, TINA RATAJ-BERARD, ANTHONY HAMILL, MAREK POLAKOVIC, NICK BLUTH, LUIS PRADO FROM THE NOUN PROJECT
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