Media

English

2011-09-07: Tire-Soil Mixture Buffers From Quakes, The Wall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111904875404576527862435032904

2011-09-07: Earthquake cushion could reduce shaking of buildings, SmartBrief - American Society of Civil Engineers
https://www.smartbrief.com/s/2011/09/earthquake-cushion-could-reduce-shaking-buildings
(not available anymore)

2015-10-02: Discarded tyres to battle earthquakes, The Hindu
https://www.thehindu.com/features/homes-and-gardens/discarded-tyres-to-battle-earthquakes/article7715918.ece 

2015-12-01: Tire Soil Mixture Can Protect Buildings From Quakes, Scrap Tire News
https://scraptirenews.com/2015/12/01/tire-soil-mixture-can-protect-buildings-from-quakes/  

2018-08-15: Indonesia earthquake: how scrap tyres could stop buildings collapsing, The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/indonesia-earthquake-how-scrap-tyres-could-stop-buildings-collapsing-101499

2018-08-15: Indonesia earthquake—how scrap tyres could stop buildings collapsing, Phys.org
https://phys.org/news/2018-08-indonesia-earthquakehow-scrap-tyres-collapsing.html 

2018-08-19: This Simple Waste Product Could Stop One of The Deadliest Parts of Earthquakes, Science Alert
https://www.sciencealert.com/this-simple-waste-product-could-stop-one-of-the-deadliest-parts-of-earthquakes 

2018-08-21: Indonesia earthquake: how scrap tyres could stop buildings collapsing, Onlinekhabar (English Edition)
https://english.onlinekhabar.com/indonesia-earthquake-how-scrap-tyres-could-stop-buildings-collapsing.html 

2018-08-24: Indonesia earthquake: How scrap tyres could stop buildings collapsing, The Jakarta Post
https://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/2018/08/24/indonesia-earthquake-how-scrap-tyres-could-stop-buildings-collapsing.html 

2018-09-13: Could rubber tyre foundations help protect buildings during earthquake?, City Monitor
https://citymonitor.ai/infrastructure/architecture-design/could-rubber-tyre-foundations-help-protect-buildings-during-earthquake-4139

2018-09-14: Could recycled tyres be used to earthquake proof homes?, Mike Hosking Breakfast News, NewstalkZB
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/gabriele-chiaro-could-recycled-tyres-be-used-to-earthquake-proof-homes/

2018-09-16: Engineer hopes to quake-proof buildings with old tyres, Radio New Zealand
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/366549/engineer-hopes-to-quake-proof-buildings-with-old-tyres

2018-09-22: Christchurch researchers find novel way to tackle tyre waste problem, TVNZ 1News
https://www.1news.co.nz/2018/09/22/watch-christchurch-researchers-find-novel-way-to-tackle-tyre-waste-problem/

2019-04-01: Recycled materials a must for quake-strengthened buildings - expert, Radio New Zealand
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/386059/recycled-materials-a-must-for-quake-strengthened-buildings-expert

2019-04-05: Scientists exploring whether old tyres could be used to earthquake-proof buildings, Stuff Limited
https://www.stuff.co.nz/science/111814304/scientists-exploring-whether-old-tyres-could-be-used-to-earthquakeproof-buildings 

2019-06-11: Building On Rubber To Make Homes More Earthquake-Resilient, Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2019/06/11/earthquake-resilient-home-build-on-rubber/

Italian

2024-07-06: Protezione sismica, cosa sapere? La risposta al simposio dell’Università di San Marino, San Marino RTV
https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/news/attualita-c4/protezione-sismica-cosa-sapere-la-risposta-al-simposio-dell-universita-di-san-marino-a261590 

Spanish

2018-10-03: Terremoto en Indonesia: neumáticos reciclados para evitar el derrumbe de edificios, Cadena SER
https://cadenaser.com/ser/2018/10/02/ciencia/1538491494_583833.html 

2018-10-07: Neumáticos reciclados para evitar el derrumbe de edificios, El País
https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/10/05/planeta_futuro/1538753023_719642.html