Report Shows Construction 3D Printing Can Mitigate Effects of Climate Change
Cement and concrete are two of the most widely used resources in the world, second only to water, and their demand is expected... read more »
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International Consortium to Promote Use of 3D Printed Metals in Construction
The Politecnico di Milano is leading a "ConstructAdd", an international consortium of partners in developing metal 3D printing techniques to improve energy efficiency... read more »
Concentrated Solar Power Plants to Use Printed Parts
Concentrated solar power plants work by reflecting sunlight from a mirror or lens into a receiver. Depending on the type of solar plant,... read more »
Spanish Company to 3D Print Plant-based Car
Santa Pola based automobile manufacturer Liux has recently unveiled their new electric vehicle, dubbed the Animal. The Animal is an electric vehicle capable... read more »
UMaine Prints Bio-based Wood Fiber House
The University of Maine, known for printing large boats with their mammoth polymer extrusion printer, has revealed a house printed entirely out of... read more »
MAGNUM: The Large Format Printer for the Circular Economy
Plastic waste is a huge problem for the world, which is why many companies are looking to reduce their environmental impact by adopting... read more »
Researchers Print Porous Polymers with Salt
Reliance of fossil fuel based plastics is of growing concern for a number of reasons, not least because oil reserves are finite, and... read more »
Pineapple Leaf Fibers Show Promise in Bioplastic Production
Researchers from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Newcastle University in Singapore have been experimenting with the addition of pineapple leaf fibers to PLA, to... read more »
Architect Prints Eco-Friendly Chicken Coops with Loam
A Hungarian architect by the name of Krisztian Gora has been experimenting with ecologically friendly materials, and has turned his skills to building... read more »
Researchers Print Heavy Metal Ion Remover Tablets
Researchers at Clarkson University, New York, have conceived of an eco-friendly method of removing heavy metal ion contaminants from polluted environments, and they’ve... read more »
3D Printed Ceramic Energy Reactor Research Gets Funding
Researchers from Cornell University have been awarded funding from Fuzehub to develop 3D printed chemical reactors for converting CO2 into sustainable aviation fuel... read more »
Cigarette Butts get New Life as Feedstock
Used cigarette butts are a huge problem for the oceans of our planet, with one discarded butt being capable of poisoning up to... read more »
TU Eindhoven Prints CO2-Eating EV
A team of students at TU/Eindhoven have utilized 3D printing to build an electric vehicle that, among other ecologically friendly measures, captures more... read more »
DOE Awards Funding to Develop Tough Resin Tooling
The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $3 million in funding to two companies aiming to decarbonize manufacturing with robust, 3D printed resin... read more »
Startup Gets Boost to Turn Scrap PLA into Resin
A team from Washington State University (WSU) has just received funding from the Cougar Cage to develop their process for converting waste PLA... read more »
Plant-based AM Molded Shoes Get Funding Boost
New York-based fashion design company Simplifyber has just received 3.5 million USD in seed funding to continue development of their range of footwear... read more »
World’s First Printed Haute Couture Vegan Dress Debuts
Magnum (the ice cream people) have commissioned Dutch designer Iris van Herpen to design and craft a dress inspired by their own vegan... read more »
PET-like Plastic Made from Lignocellulosic Biomass
We have all read about so-called bioplastics. They are made from biological materials such as corn. Many bioplastics do not meet the requirements... read more »
Recycled Catamaran Printed in The Netherlands
3D printed boats are the future, we are pretty sure of that. Boats are really the perfect shape and complexity to benefit from... read more »
GE, Voxeljet and Fraunhofer Institute to Build World’s Largest 3D Printer
GE Renewable Energy is joining forces with researchers at Fraunhofer IGCV and printer company Voxeljet AG to manufacture the world’s largest 3D printer.... read more »
