GE Renewable Energy is joining forces with researchers at Fraunhofer IGCV and printer company Voxeljet AG to manufacture the world’s largest 3D printer. The printer will be used for the ...
Read More »Sandals, slippers, thongs, flip-flops...call them what you will. They are extremely utilitarian in their design, and generally speaking they are pretty easy to manufacture also. So given ...
Read More »Bee numbers are dwindling, especially in the UK, and that’s bad news for pretty much everyone who eats food. A team of researchers from Lancaster University have hatched a plan to boost ...
Read More »German automaker Audi has revealed their new in-house upcycling program that takes their own packaging materials and 3D prints them into assembly aids for use on the production line. No ...
Read More »Wood! It’s nature’s composite material! Carbon fiber composites consist of long carbon fibers aligned along the direction of stress, bound up in a polymer (epoxy) matrix. Wood ...
Read More »End of life waste management of automotive materials is a huge task, with the auto vehicle recycling industry is the 16th largest sector in the United States, contributing $25 billion USD ...
Read More »A team of researchers from the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London (UCL) has recently shared their 3D printed multi-polymer design concept. We are curious about the ...
Read More »The Caribbean Sea gets a lot of attention for its colorful and diverse coral reefs, but Hong Kong’s waters host some 84 species of coral, more even than the Caribbean. And just like the ...
Read More »Researchers at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) have been investigating methods to print microfiltration membranes ...
Read More »Plastic waste is a huge problem for the oceans of planet Earth. Humans produce over 300 million tons every year and at least 8 million tons of that ends up in the ocean. 80% of all ocean ...
Read More »A collaboration between filament manufacturer Filamentive and wall mounting solutions producer Pengraff UK has resulted in a new sustainable business model that takes into account ...
Read More »Lighting company Signify recently unveiled a new venture for printing tailor-made lighting products. Their new service allows users to customize and print their own light shades and ...
Read More »Dutch airline KLM has been using 3D printing to introduce a sustainable new model of printing tools and components. The company has become the first airline in the world to recycle plastic ...
Read More »Wanhua Chemical Group Co. Ltd. and Chinese athletic footwear firm Peak Sports introduced a new type of 3D printed sneakers at K 2019. The prototype they're calling 'The Next' is a sneak peak ...
Read More »Researchers at Washington State University have developed a composite mixture of PLA and coffee ground waste that is both tough and environmentally friendly. The project aims to illuminate ...
Read More »There are few things as refreshing as orange juice, though one contender may be this “Feel the Peel” machine that both delivers fresh-squeezed orange juice and provides a biodegradable 3D ...
Read More »In a paper titled “3D Printable Hydroponics: A Digital Fabrication Pipeline for Soilless Plant Cultivation,” Dr. Yuichiro Takeuchi of Sony Computer Science Laboratories Inc outlines his ...
Read More »This is a guestpost by Alex Huckstepp of Digital Alloys Metals production, from mining ore through manufacturing parts, accounts for 7% of our global energy use. While metal additive ...
Read More »Rotterdam-based studio the New Raw is taking on an ambitious new recycling project with their Zero Waste Lab. Their Print Your City initiative, currently taking place in Thessaloniki ...
Read More »Due to increasing urbanization, the coast of Sydney lost large sections of mangrove jungle for the past 200 years. As a result, much of the marine life on the coast was losing much of its ...
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