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Holiday Resort 3D Printed with Sand

By David / March 3, 2020

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3D Printing: A Technology of Degrowth? Part 1

By David / February 29, 2020

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Launch startup Skyrora successfully tests 3D-printed rocket engines powered by plastic waste

By David / February 4, 2020

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

By David / January 31, 2020

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3D printing could benefit hugely from recycled plastics

By David / January 20, 2020

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3D Printing for Offshore Wind Turbines Introduced

By David / December 30, 2019

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Made from 3D-printed sand, the hotel is minimally invasive

By David / November 28, 2019

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

By David / September 23, 2019

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

By David / August 14, 2019

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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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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 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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Watch: the Paper Pulp 3D printer recycling waste into

Beer Holthuis , a product designer and concept developer from the Netherlands, has created a 3D printer designed to recycle ...
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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 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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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 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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3D Printed Fabric: Most Promising Projects in 2019

3D printing has many applications, but did you know that making fabrics was one of them? . Currently, the textile ...
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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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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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A Swiss house built by robots promises to revolutionize the construction industry

Erecting a new building ranks among the most inefficient, polluting activities humans undertake. The construction sector is responsible for nearly ...
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3D Printing and Mass Customization, Hand in Glove Part III

by David | Mar 23, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Environment | 0 Comments

As discussed in the first and second installments of this series, we are drifting into a consumption-driven stupor and self-medicating our way through lives that, if we live in OECD countries, use 15 tonnes of material per year. Even though some things are recycled,...

Fish Researchers use 3D printing, sensors to create models for hydropower testing

by David | Mar 22, 2020 | 3D Models, 3D News, Environment | 0 Comments

ORNL scientists are combining their expertise in environmental science, physics, sensors and additive manufacturing to create model fish for use in testing of hydropower turbine designs. The project supports healthy ecosystems and hydropower-the nation’s largest...

Holiday Resort 3D Printed with Sand

by David | Mar 3, 2020 | Architecture, Construction, Environment | 0 Comments

Kisawa Sanctuary is a combination of 12 one, two and three bedroom bungalows set across 300-hectares of private sanctuary beach, forest and sand dunes on Benguerra Island, Mozambique. . Kisawa has a light touch on the land but a deep engagement with nature. Each...

Waste Plastic to be Transformed into New Products

by David | Mar 3, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Environment, Materials | 0 Comments

Single-use plastic will get a sustainable lease of life as part of a new project led by Manchester Metropolitan University to transform waste into valuable new products and create drive for recycled plastic materials. . Using two different innovative technologies -...

Printing the cities of the future in 3D

by David | Mar 2, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Construction, Environment | 0 Comments

In light of the demographic growth depicted by these numbers and recognizing that the epicenter of human activity will move to urban centers, the urban design and technology needed to reshape the concept of city-living has a long way to go, in addition to a key...

3D Printing: A Technology of Degrowth? Part 1

by David | Feb 29, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Environment | 0 Comments

Even if you’re an optimist, Earth is currently on track for an uncertain fate. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that global greenhouse gasses (GHG) need to be cut by 45 percent by 2030 and 100 percent by 2050 in order to avoid...

Are 3D printed, flat-pack hotels the future of green tourism?

by David | Feb 23, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Architecture, Companies, Construction, Design / Engineering, Environment, Manufacturing | 0 Comments

Aa Aa Eco-friendly hotel chain Habitas has come up with a concept to build 3D printed, flat-pack hotels. . The group has just announced a global expansion, but critics say it might not be as sustainable as it appears on the surface. From 2020, Habitas will build...

The Ultimate Guide to BioPlastics: When Will it Be Mainstream

by David | Feb 18, 2020 | 3D News, Environment | 0 Comments

Plastic waste has become a significant problem across the world in just six decades from the mass production of plastics. Plastic bottles have also added to the volume of plastic waste since their creation in the 1990s. . Now, the most common types of plastic waste...

How 3D Printing Can Combine Construction & Sustainable Development

by David | Feb 17, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Construction, Environment | 0 Comments

3D printing is not necessarily new technology, as it was introduced in 1983. Yet, it has developed rapidly in recent years. It is now more affordable for businesses and allows making many processes faster, safer, and more sustainable. It includes hardware, software,...