Glue the tail feathers (small seashells) on one at a time, using the grooves in the scallop as a guide. I glued the feathers in the grooves of the large scallop, and then did a second layer of ...

Tokyo advertising agency TBWA\\Hakuhodo and plastics manufacturer Koushi Chemical Industry Co have created Shellmet, a hard hat made from discarded scallop shells and recycled plastic.

The village of Sarufutsu in Japan's Soya district, is known for its shellfish industry. As such, it churns out about 40,000 tons of empty shells each year which piles up in huge mounds. Working with ...

When the Shellmet officially launches at the end of March—for 4800 Japanese yen each (about $36)—the team is planning to donate 100 to 200 helmets to scallop fishermen in Sarufutsu, the ...

Shellmets, helmets made to resemble seashells and containing discarded scallop shells, are seen in this photo provided by Koushi Chemical Industry. SARUFUTSU, Hokkaido -- This northern Japan ...

Leftover scallop and other seafood shells from the Danish restaurant Noma ... South Korean design studio Newtab-22 created a new material by grinding down surplus seashells originally destined ...

That question was asked by the Japanese designers of the Shellmet, which is a helmet made partially of scallop shells. Scallops' soft bodies are well-protected by their hard shells, so ...

A small village on the tip of Japan’s northernmost island Hokkaido may have found an innovative solution to managing a yearly pile of 40,000 tons of discarded scallop shells from the area’s seafood ...

Every time you pick up a seashell at one of Corpus Christi's beaches, do you realize you're holding a mollusk's abandoned exoskeleton? A seashell is a hard, protective outer layer created by an ...