3D printing with coffee: Turning used grounds into caffeinated creations
From University of Colorado at Boulder 13/09/23 Coffee can do a lot of things: Wake you up, warm you up and lessen that existential dread. According to a new study, it could also help reduce the waste from 3D printing. That’s the vision behind a new project led by Michael Rivera, an assistant professor in […]
Seaweed and friendly bacteria: Living 3D printed material cleans polluted water
From University of California – San Diego 06/09/23 Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new type of material that could offer a sustainable and eco-friendly solution to clean pollutants from water. Dubbed an “engineered living material,” it is a 3D-printed structure made of a seaweed-based polymer combined with bacteria that […]