/ Biodesign Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en /blog/biodegradable-face-mask-design-challenge-entry <p>The COVID-19 pandemic has made face masks an everyday sight. Unfortunately, it has also made used or discarded face masks a common item in trash and litter. Conventional face masks contain plastic materials that do not readily break down in the environment.</p> June 21, 2021 - 11:03am Andy Fell /blog/biodegradable-face-mask-design-challenge-entry /curiosity-gap/what-are-benefits-low-tech-biodesign <p><em>University of California, Davis, Professor of Design </em><a href="https://arts.ucdavis.edu/faculty-profile/christina-cogdell"><em>Christina Cogdell</em></a><em> wrote an essay recently explaining her preference for low-tech biodesign. The full essay was originally published by Biodesigned.org, a nonprofit independent publication of </em><a href="https://biodesignchallenge.org/"><em>Biodesign Challenge</em></a><em>, and can be read </em><a href="https://www.biodesigned.org/christina-cogdell/why-i-prefer-low-tech-biodesign"><em>here</em></a><em>. </em></p> August 07, 2020 - 4:05pm Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity-gap/what-are-benefits-low-tech-biodesign /blog/bioshine-beauty-shimmer-methane-reducing-trash-trolls-compete-biodesign-challenge <p>Two teams of ºÙºÙÊÓƵ students have been selected as finalists in the international&nbsp;<a href="https://biodesignchallenge.org/bdc-2020">Biodesign Challenge</a>. They are among 45 finalists from 12 countries who will present their projects on the first day of the virtual Biodesign Challenge Summit 2020, June 15 to 19.</p> June 11, 2020 - 10:52am Andy Fell /blog/bioshine-beauty-shimmer-methane-reducing-trash-trolls-compete-biodesign-challenge