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GENESIS Eco Screen: A 3D Printed Urban Biodiversity Habitat Made of Recycled Plastic

Large-format 3D printing company BigRep , along with its innovation department NOWLAB , just launched their latest sustainability project – ...
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3D Printed Corals Prove Big Hit With Fish in Red Sea

As coral reefs the world over suffer in the face of climate change, pollution and harvesting for aquaria, researchers at ...
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Dutch architects plant trees into huge 3D printed sample tubes

tree pots in the form of scaled-up erlenmeyer flasks – the cone-shaped test tube present in every laboratory – are ...
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How to Manufacture a Fleet of Drones and Save a Forest

It’s not an easy task keeping the environment green, but DroneSeed is making it more manageable. The service provider works ...
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In the Face of Climate Change: Saving Coral Reefs with 3D Printing

A combination of human activities has put a number of species of coral on both the endangered and threatened species ...
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Researchers Test Two Configurations of Biowaste 3D Printed Microbial Fuel Cells

Researchers and scientists are constantly working to develop solutions that can save our future world, from solving problems like increasing ...
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Omaha company revolutionizing 3D printing

OMAHA, Neb. — An Omaha company is revolutionizing the 3D printing industry and saving the environment while they do it ...
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3D Printing Technology Helps to Copy the Yungang Grottoes Successfully

Recently, the No. 18 Cave of Yungang Grottoes in Datong City, Shanxi Province has been copied successfully through 3D printing ...
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Indian researchers harvest water from fog and dew using 3D printing

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology in Mandi (IIT), India, have made harvesting water from fog possible using 3D ...
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3D Printing Turns Plastic Waste Into Furniture

Image Source: Stefanos Tsakiris The lab not only serves as an educational tool for the locals, but it gives them ...
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How 3-D Printed Smart Eggs are Saving the Kakapo

The Critically Endangered Kakapo, a beloved parrot endemic to New Zealand, has seen renewed breeding success thanks to innovative technologies ...
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What is the Future of 3D Printed Solar Panels?

The solar industry in the United States is booming. In the last 10 years, the industry has grown by more ...
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3DSD: Creating Sustainable Housing via Waste Materials and 3D Printing

by David | Oct 23, 2019 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Companies, Construction, Environment | 0 Comments

Using up to 60 percent renewable materials, 3D Sustainable Developments is making new advancements in 3D tech and housing. . The impact of housing development looms large on the environment. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, single-family housing...

3D printing is helping to tackle nuclear waste

by David | Oct 16, 2019 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Environment | 0 Comments

3D printing is finding more and more innovative applications – from printing meat in space to using giant printers to fashion entire boats – and the latest intriguing development is using the technology to help recycle more nuclear waste. . Over in the US, scientists...

3D Printing for Ecological Sustainability for Marine Applications

by David | Oct 8, 2019 | 3D News, Environment | 0 Comments

In the recently published ‘ Recycled Sustainable 3D Printing Materials for Marine Environments ,’ the authors—involved in the Bio-Shelters Project—venture into the realm of sustainability and recycling in 3D printing, but they also heavily explore the ever-growing...

The turbine blade that amazes scientists

by David | Sep 30, 2019 | 3D News, Environment, Materials | 0 Comments

Interest in new, sustainable materials has never been higher. This autumn, the world’s first large-scale 3D print from living organisms is being shown at Elmia Subcontractor. . Research into 3D printing of cellulose has been under way for decades, but high production...

3D Printed Corals Prove Big Hit With Fish in Red Sea

by David | Sep 23, 2019 | 3D News, Environment, Geopolitical | 0 Comments

As coral reefs the world over suffer in the face of climate change, pollution and harvesting for aquaria, researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Haifa’s Technion-Israel Institute of Technology are experimenting with 3D printed corals, and finding...

3D Printing and ABS Recycling: Assessing Virgin and Re-used Filament

by David | Sep 23, 2019 | 3D News, Environment, Materials | 0 Comments

In the recently published ‘ Investigation of closed loop manufacturing with Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) over multiple generations using Additive Manufacturing ,’ authors Mazher Iqbal Mohammed, Daniel Wilson, Eli Gomez-Kervin, Bin Tang, and Jinfeng Wang...

3D Printing in the Renewable Energy Industry

by David | Sep 20, 2019 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Environment | 0 Comments

We need to revolutionize the processes used in the renewable energy industry. . As fossil fuels become a rapidly depleting resource, and emissions from global industries increase alongside the human population who are consuming energy at a faster and faster rate, we...

Colorful 3D printed corals prove a housing hit with fish in Red Sea

by David | Sep 20, 2019 | 3D News, Environment, Geopolitical | 0 Comments

As coral reefs the world over suffer in the face of climate change, pollution and harvesting for aquaria, researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Haifa’s Technion-Israel Institute of Technology are experimenting with 3D printed corals, and finding...

A Swiss house built by robots promises to revolutionize the construction industry

by David | Sep 13, 2019 | 3D Trends, Construction, Design / Engineering, Environment | 0 Comments

Erecting a new building ranks among the most inefficient, polluting activities humans undertake. The construction sector is responsible for nearly 40% of the world’s total energy consumption and CO2 emissions, according to a UN global survey (pdf). . A consortium of...

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