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    Fungus headphones offer a glimpse at the renewable future of electronics

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    Christine Fisher
    Christine Fisher
    05.28.2019

    It turns out headphones are the perfect product to showcase the potential for growing electronics. The typical set has a mix of plastic, leather and mesh -- not the most environmentally friendly ingredients. To prove that we could swap those out for yeast, mushrooms and other microbe-grown materials, Finish design studio Aivan created headphones made from bioplastics and microbe derivatives.