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3D printing could extend lifetime of products

By David / October 22, 2020

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3D Printing with Local Soil: The Next Step for the Construction Industry

By David / September 22, 2020

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3D-Printed Device Enhances Capture of Carbon Dioxide Emissions

By David / September 5, 2020

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3D Printing Greener Buildings Using Sustainable Building Material Made From Local Soil

By David / August 20, 2020

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3D-printed coral better than the natural equivalent

By David / August 16, 2020

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Kisawa Sanctuary in Mozambique will be the world’s first 3D-printed resort

By David / August 10, 2020

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This experimental design studio used beetle-infested trees to 3D print a cabin

By David / June 27, 2020

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3D Printing Will Send Solar Power Surging

By David / June 20, 2020

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This robotically-built cabin offers a peek into the high-tech future of housing

By David / May 30, 2020

Our 12 Most Popular Posts in Environment (Ranked by View Count)

U of T researchers turn McDonald’s deep fryer oil into high-end 3D printing resin

Researchers at the University of Toronto have, for the first time, turned waste cooking oil – from the deep fryers ...
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e-Waste To e-Wealth: This Togolese Tech Team Has Built Over Twenty 3D Printers From Trash

Although it doesn’t get enough mentions – since it is often swept under the carpet as trivial in favour of ...
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Kisawa Sanctuary in Mozambique will be the world’s first 3D-printed resort

Opening this September, Kisawa Sanctuary on Benguerra Island in Mozambique will be the world’s first 3D-printed, ultra-luxury eco resort. ...
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3D Printing: A Technology of Degrowth? Part 1

Even if you’re an optimist, Earth is currently on track for an uncertain fate. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
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3D-printed concrete to help build offshore wind energy infrastructure

Wind off the coasts of the U.S. could be used to generate more than double the combined electricity capacity of ...
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Made from 3D-printed sand, the hotel is minimally invasive

In the world of luxury travel, most stays involve private jets, speedboats, fast cars, and hotel suites decked out in ...
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3D Printing in Africa: 3D Printing in Ghana

3D printed hydraulic robot 3D printing in Ghana can be considered to be in transition from the early to middle ...
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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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3D Printing for Offshore Wind Turbines Introduced

IT service provider Accucode is partnering up with RCAM Technologies, a specialist in large-scale concrete additive manufacturing, to develop large-scale, ...
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3D Printing Will Send Solar Power Surging

The 2020s will be the most innovative decade in history. Technology is changing the face of every industry — rewarding ...
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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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Nine Most Recent Posts in Environment

3D Printed Coral, Bioreactors Boost Microalgae Production for Biofuels

by David | Dec 1, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Environment | 0 Comments

Using light as an energy source, photosynthetic microalgae can be used to produce products like biofuels and cosmetics. But algae grown in a reactor block out the light on which they feed. New reactor designs could solve this problem and help the industry move...

Manufacturing Breakthrough Towards Eliminating Waste in 3D Printing

by David | Nov 26, 2020 | Companies, Environment, Materials | 0 Comments

Materialise NV announces Bluesint PA12, a material innovation that makes it possible to 3D print with up to 100% re-used powder. 3D printing is often considered a sustainable manufacturing technology but a new Lifecycle Analysis indicates that for large series of...

Waste Concrete Repurposed into Public Furniture with 3D Printing

by David | Nov 21, 2020 | 3D News, Companies, Construction, Environment | 0 Comments

Waste concrete from demolished buildings is to be reinvented and made into new custom-made outdoor memorials and public garden furniture thanks to a new, innovative £6m project using 3D printing. . Currently, around 65 million tonnes of demolition waste enters...

3D printing could extend lifetime of products

by David | Oct 22, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Environment | 0 Comments

Manufacturers could reduce their contribution to environmental waste and extend the lifetime of their products to the benefit of consumers by embracing 3D printing, but they would need to carefully monitor the potential impact this could have on product safety, legal...

Lars Jaeger: «The Future is Veggie, With 3D Printing»

by David | Oct 13, 2020 | 3D News, Companies, Environment, Geopolitical | 0 Comments

The energy market as well as political have changed strongly in recent years. In many countries around the world, the cards on the energy mix are being reshuffled. Lars Jaeger writes in an essay for finews.first . This article is published on finews.first, a forum for...

3D Printing with Local Soil: The Next Step for the Construction Industry

by David | Sep 22, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Companies, Construction, Design / Engineering, Education and Research, Environment | 0 Comments

Researchers from Texas A&M University are developing a promising sustainable, adobe-like building material that can be created from local soil and extruded from a 3D printer to make a robust structure, according to a new report recently presented at the American...

Luxury Flat-Pack Hotel Rooms

by David | Sep 17, 2020 | 3D News, Construction, Design / Engineering, Environment | 0 Comments

Luxury concepts are usually associated with lavishness and grandeur—characteristics often not associated with practicality or mobility necessarily. A new hotel brand, Habitas, is actually looking to change this. . The hospitality business presents an interesting...

3D-Printed Device Enhances Capture of Carbon Dioxide Emissions

by David | Sep 5, 2020 | 3D News, Environment | 0 Comments

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have designed and additively manufactured a first-of-its-kind aluminum device that enhances the capture of carbon dioxide emitted from fossil fuel plants and other industrial processes. . Solutions...

3D printing is helping to rebuild Hong Kong’s precious coral reefs

by David | Sep 1, 2020 | 3D News, Education and Research, Environment | 0 Comments

Aa Aa Marine scientists at the University of Hong Kong have developed a new method of saving coral reefs off the coast of the city. Specially designed terracotta tiles are being 3D printed to create artificial reefs in Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park. . The 2.6 square...