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 »
Environmental
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 »
ASICS 3D Printed Generatively Designed Sandals Coming Soon
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... read more »
3D Printed Bee Homes to Spur Public Interest in Bees
Bee numbers are dwindling, especially in the UK, and that’s bad news for pretty much everyone who eats food. A team of researchers... read more »
Audi 3D Prints their Packaging Trash into New Parts
German automaker Audi has revealed their new in-house upcycling program that takes their own packaging materials and 3D prints them into assembly aids... read more »
New 3D Printed Wood is ALL Wood
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... read more »
Ford and HP Recycle 3D Printing Waste Into Molded Car Parts
End of life waste management of automotive materials is a huge task, with the auto vehicle recycling industry is the 16th largest sector... read more »
Metaplas Foldable Multimaterials
A team of researchers from the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London (UCL) has recently shared their 3D printed multi-polymer design... read more »
Saving Hong Kong’s Coral Reefs with 3D Printed Clay Tiles
The Caribbean Sea gets a lot of attention for its colorful and diverse coral reefs, but Hong Kong’s waters host some 84 species... read more »
3D Printed Membranes for Water Osmosis
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 »
Turning Ocean Trash into Filament
Plastic waste is a huge problem for the oceans of planet Earth. Humans produce over 300 million tons every year and at least... read more »
Pengraff UK 3D Prints Wall Mounting Solutions For Consumer Electronics With Recycled Materials
A collaboration between filament manufacturer Filamentive and wall mounting solutions producer Pengraff UK has resulted in a new sustainable business model that takes into... read more »
