July 6, 2023

The tea-round is a missing use these days in companies, specially during the COVID-19 pandemics. This teapot conceived by Edelman for Yorkshire Tea brand, was meant to revive this perk complying with the social distancing rule to avoid contagion as people return to office after the confinement.

Named Pridwen, after the legendary shield of King Arthur, and developed by ESA support, the origami-based heat shield is planned to be tested with an actual atmospheric reentry from space.This reusable design will spring out before a spacecraft reenters the atmosphere. Its high temperature alloy fabric has a sufficiently high surface area that the heat flux can spread evenly across it to gradually radiate away. It is also able to slow down a satellite so that it can safely land without parachute

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