THIS IS TERRIFIC: We could collect old inkjet printers - saving them from landfills and all the problems they cause - and bring them to Guatemala where people could make things to use. People here have more time than money so this would be a real boon to everyone concerned. Some of the schools here in Panajachel, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, would probably love to give this a try. Now, if someone could come up with using recyclable plastic, much of the trash and lack of landfill problems could be solved around Lake Atitlan. Wonders of Wonders. Will imagination never end?
This technique uses powder made of 50% Weldwood & 50% Water Putty.
Comment from deminisher98: "Every time it "prints" it applies a layer of water thus hardening the sand or clay or whatever and then when you make the "sand" over the newly "printed" thing, you apply another layer of sand to make it thicker... Right?" Right.
Terrific. Can't wait to try it. Hope the inventor, scorch1974, responds.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nbtZOolSIY
scorch1974 — June 05, 2008 — Demo of manually printing simple 3D objects using an old inkjet printer
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
Rapid Re(f)use: New York City Rebuilt From Its Own Trash
Inhabit.com
by Bridgette Meinhold, 01/29/10
New York City, much like any big city, disposes of a lot of trash — but what if that trash could be used in a constructive manner? NYC-based architects Terreform have proposed a new form of construction for the City that uses industrial sized robots to create buildings and islands from waste instead of sending it to landfills like Fresh Kills. They’re calling the project Rapid Re(f)use, and the first design is a reverse of the Statue of Liberty that would be built out in the harbor. ...(more)
Comment:
GreenCorbu Says:
January 30th, 2010 at 11:04 am
WOW!
Just Excellent.
It is a the POWER behind the image that makes the message convincing.
see from their Terrefom URL;
“New York City is disposing of 38,000 tons of waste per day. Most of this discarded material ended up in Fresh Kills landfill before it closed. The Rapid Re(f)use project supposes an extended New York reconstituted from its own landfill material. Our concept remakes the city by utilizing the trash at Fresh Kills. With our method, we can remake seven entirely new Manhattan islands at full scale. Automated robot 3d printers are modified to process trash and complete this task within decades. These robots are based on existing techniques commonly found in industrial waste compaction devices. Instead of machines that crush objects into cubes, these devices have jaws that make simple shape grammars for assembly. Different materials serve specified purposes; plastic for fenestration, organic compounds for temporary scaffolds, metals for primary structures, and etc. Eventually, the future city makes no distinction between waste and supply.”
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Video: www.metacafe.com/watch/bg-4005890/every_hour/
Every hour New York City produces enough waste to fill the Statue of Liberty. Our concept remakes the city by utilizing the trash. Automated robot 3d printers are modified to process trash and complete this task within decades. Eventually, the future city makes no distinction between waste and supply.
YouTube: City, Ecology, Mobility - With Mitch Joachim, Terreform 1 (and more)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnuJa2LT6iM
Links: www.terreform.org/projects_urbanity_rapid_refuse.html
Rapid Re(f)use - Terreform
2006 - 2008 Terreform ... Our concept remakes the city by utilizing the trash at Fresh Kills. With our method, we can remake seven entirely new Manhattan ...
www.terreform.org/projects_urbanity_rapid_refuse.html
Green Brain - Terreform
2006 - 2008 Terreform. CONTACT. RESEARCH. PROJECTS. ABOUT. URBANITY. PEOPLE. FORWARD · BACK. GREEN BRAIN: A SMART PARK FOR A NEW CITY ...
www.terreform.org/projects_urbanity_greenbrain.html
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3D Printing and Rapid Manufacturing machines: Rapid prototyping
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_prototyping
RepRap Project: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RepRap_Project
Low Cost 3D Printer for Desktop Manufacturing of Bio-material Scaffolds
http://www.mechatronics.canterbury.ac.nz/research/research_proj.shtml
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