The world’s first boot crafted entirely from mycelium

https://www.popsci.com/science/shoe-made-from-mushrooms/

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notabot@piefed.social · 51 pts · 125d (1 reply)

If you get these, order a size larger than usual, there's not mushroom inside.

Sorry.

certified_expert@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 125d

Take your arrow and leave the fediverse, now!

Gigdragon@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 125d (1 reply)

Wait, is this Athlete's Foot+?

foxymochakitten@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 125d

Have an LOL, I truly did laugh out loud

HubertManne@piefed.social · 13 pts · 125d

here is what I call the meat in that it answers the question I had on seeing the title:

"In the end, designers settled on two types of fungi—one to supply the foamlike, malleable sole, and another for the shoe’s leathery upper section.

“This is a conceptual object intended to frame what is currently possible with the material,” VUB designer Lars Dittrich explained in a statement. “It reflects…addressing how we grow and craft this material, made from a microorganism, into a functional three-dimensional form.”

“While the initial material samples posed a real challenge and did not immediately meet the technical requirements of a complex shoe construction, the progress we have made is truly inspiring,” added De Ryck."

calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 125d

Just new shroom goofin’

EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 125d

How durable are these boots though? Do they breakdown if they get soaked?

Many questions..

etherphon@piefed.world · 5 pts · 125d
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ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 125d

Can we call it Funghide?

Lirton@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 125d

Mushroom boots gained new definition.

inzen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 125d

Thats pretty neat.

Mangoholic@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 125d

Do they double your size like in mario?