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Trends in the Environment and 3D Printing

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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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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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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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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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Meet The Real Life Lara Croft Of Ocean Science

Marine Biologist Erika Woolsey at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, May 21, 2018. Scott R. Kline The earth has lost ...
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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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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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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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3D printing can help solve our environmental issues

Opinion ‘The low cost and footprint of 3D printers is, in my opinion, providing a chance to radically change the ...
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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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Australian Entrepreneur Using 3D Printing to Help the Environment by Ridding Oceans of Plastic Waste

34-year-old Perth native Darren Lomman began his first venture when he was just 19, while studying mechanical engineering at the ...
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Nine Most Recent Posts in Environment

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...

Israelis Use 3D Printing Tech To Save Coral Reefs

by David | Aug 28, 2019 | 3D News, Environment, Geopolitical | 0 Comments

Hot as it is today, a rise in the world’s average temperature by 15°C (4°F) will destroy almost all of the world’s remaining coral reef systems. The destruction of these living organisms, the largest of which (Australia’s Great Barrier Reef) can be seen from outer...

5 Ways 3D Printing Is Revolutionizing Water

by David | Aug 26, 2019 | Environment, Printers | 0 Comments

Today almost one-fifth of the world’s population live in areas of water scarcity. By the year 2025, that number will rise to 1.8 billion people. From drinking water to water for fish farms to treating wastewater, we need to revolutionize obtaining and using water to...

3D Printing & Digital Fabrication to Play a Significant Role in World Sustainability

by David | Aug 19, 2019 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Environment | 0 Comments

While sustainability for the future is a fascinating subject, it is also a critical one as we must do our best to help those currently in need in developing countries, look forward for the next generations, and protect the planet. Researchers Lucia Corsini and...

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

by David | Aug 14, 2019 | 3D News, Companies, Construction, Environment | 0 Comments

Large-format 3D printing company BigRep , along with its innovation department NOWLAB , just launched their latest sustainability project – GENESIS Eco Screen, the first 3D printed urban plant and insect habitat. Just like the company’s recent BANYAN ECO WALL ,...

Sustainable 3D-printed habitat shows green engineering possibilities

by David | Aug 7, 2019 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Companies, Construction, Environment | 0 Comments

BigRep, a leader in large-format 3D printing, launched a fully 3D-printed urban green habitat installation using multiple, recycled plastic-based filaments — called the Genesis Eco Screen. Addressing some of the biggest environmental challenges such as plastic waste,...

Looking to history to fix Louisiana’s land loss crisis

by David | Aug 2, 2019 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Environment | 0 Comments

Tyler Ortego reaches over the side of his boat and grabs the top of a wooden stake that protrudes just above the waterline. Lifting it high, he reveals a dark cluster of what looks like small rocks, attached to the stake’s muddy end. “Oysters,” he says and smiles....