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3D Printed Lampshade Collection Made from Recycled Plastic
Kisawa Sanctuary in Mozambique will be the world’s first 3D-printed resort
U of T researchers turn McDonald’s deep fryer oil into high-end 3D printing resin
3D Concrete Printing: A Step Towards Development in India
e-Waste To e-Wealth: This Togolese Tech Team Has Built Over Twenty 3D Printers From Trash
These 3D printed tiles are helping restore devastated coral reefs
Taiwan: Researchers Refine Small Wind Turbine Power Generation via 3D Printing
Sustainability in additive manufacturing?
Lung-inspired 3D printed heat exchanger could make carbon dioxide power plants a reality
3D Printed Fabric: Most Promising Projects in 2019
Made from 3D-printed sand, the hotel is minimally invasive
Purifying Water at Scale with 3D-Printed Graphene Aerogels
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Kisawa Sanctuary: inside the world’s first 3D-printed retreat
The future of responsible travel won’t be determined by paper straws or bamboo-fibre towels. Of course, rethinking what goes in the house is a commendable start – but maybe we need to reinvent how we build the house, too. . Kisawa Sanctuary, the purported world’s...
The Tech Startup Reviving Egypt’s Marine Life with 3D Printed Coral Reefs
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN), coral reefs house the world’s most biodiverse ecosystem and directly support more than 500 million people, the majority of whom are in developing countries. . Naturally formed out of thin layers...
Sustainable 3D printing takes top innovation prize
Griffith Innovation Challenge winners came up with an idea to produced recycled plastic filament for 3D printers. An idea to create sustainable 3D printing materials has emerged triumphant in Griffith University ’s recent Innovation Challenge. . The Griffith...
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 the most extravagant trimmings – from the sheets to the bedspread. While it might have you thinking you’ve just woken up in a James Bond film, it...
3D Printing in Construction: More than Overhyped Promises and Underwhelming Deliveries?
The number one material used in the global construction industry is concrete. . Concrete is expensive to use for construction, mainly due to the cost of creating formwork. The formwork is also a huge source of waste in the construction industry, as it is all thrown...
Researchers Assess the Use of 3D Printing Geo-Polymer Concrete
In the recently published ‘ Life Cycle Assessment of 3D Printing Geo-polymer Concrete: An Ex-ante Study ,’ authors Yue Yao, Mingming Hu, Francesco Di Maio, and Stefano Cucurachi examine the development of geo-polymers in concrete, and delve further into the use of 3D...
Singapore to turn waste into construction material
Singapore has launched a trial of turning municipal solid waste into construction material for footpaths and roads, the city state’s minister for environment and water resources, Masagos Zulkifli, said at a press conference on November 25. . The project, called...
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 industry is the third-largest consumer of water in the world, due to the unsustainable need to continuously water cotton crops. It’s a large threat to...
3D printing for membrane separation, desalination and water treatment
Additive manufacturing, or commonly known as 3D printing, is driving innovation in many industries and academic research including the water resource sector. The capability of 3D printing to fabricate complex objects in a fast and cost-effective manner makes it highly...