SUSTAINABILITY

Oct
04
2021
By Armando V
Has 3D Printed Housing Finally Arrived?

Has 3D Printed Housing Finally Arrived?

SUSTAINABILITY
Ever since the mid-1990s, the 3D printing hype machine has promised to revolutionize housing. Why waste time and money with inefficient, manually-constructed building techniques? With the push of a button, concrete-extruding 3D printers could do it automatically for a fraction of the time and cost. Yet real-world examples of 3D printed architecture are thin on the ground. New developments in 3D-printed housing, however, could mean things are about to change. Printing Suburbia for Early Adopters In early March, real estate developer Palari Group and structural 3D printing company Mighty Building announced plans to print a California subdivision. Mighty Building’s concrete…
Read More
Sep
16
2021
By hatchbox3d
3D Printing Could Pull Drinking Water From Thin Air

3D Printing Could Pull Drinking Water From Thin Air

SUSTAINABILITY
Like vaporator farms on the sands of Tatooine, a team led by GE Research hopes to extract drinking water from thin air. Of course, atmospheric water generators are not science fiction. From ancient Incan fog fences to more modern condensation systems, people have long tapped into humidity. What the GE-led team hopes to do is apply modern 3D design, materials science and additive manufacturing to make atmospheric water mining more efficient. The project is called AIR2WATER — a conveniently compact way of saying Additively Manufactured, Integrated Reservoir To Extract Water using Adsorbents and Thermally-Enhanced Recovery. The device will use a…
Read More