It consists of five eco-friendly products made from plant oils: organic glass cleaner, brake dust shield, hydrophobic car wash, tire shine and wheel cleaner.

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Toppings are traditional and locally sourced where possible such as the creamy buffalo mozzarella delivered from a farm in Somerset and are best washed down with a glass of organic Ottavio Rube Italian wine.

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Umasi, a collection of work by artist Wells Mason, blurs the line between sculpture and furniture, with man-made materials such as stainless steel and tempered glass colliding with organic (exquisitely finished woods) and even obviously salvaged materials (a telephone pole, recycled rubber, bicycle parts).

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Currently, organic solar cells are fabricated on glass, plastic or paper.

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Corning is also pushing new glass products such as Willow Glass, a super-thin, flexible glass, and Lotus Glass, for use in organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and next-generation LCD displays.

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Dr Bard and his colleagues have developed a novel form of memory that consists of a thin layer of organic liquid crystal sandwiched between two sheets of glass.

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In the design, there are no corridors as such, and no separate service spaces: nothing in other words to harden an organic whole and break up its curving films of glass.

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Richardson expects that transparent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) will be embedded in structural glass, so that flat clear panels will provide a plethora of lighting options.

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Six kilometres east of Ventimiglia, the seaside resort town of Bordighera, also easily reachable by bus or train, has a smattering of trendy cafes and organic produce markets, a long ocean promenade lined with beach bars and glass-walled restaurants, plus a wide shoreline for sunbathing and swimming.

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