3D printers Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sun, 08 Nov 2015 05:19:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 How 3D Printing Could Stop Rhinoceros Poaching https://www.greenoptimistic.com/3d-printing-rhinoceros-poaching/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/3d-printing-rhinoceros-poaching/#respond Sun, 08 Nov 2015 05:19:49 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=57387 Every eight years, a rhinoceros is poached. Wildlife experts worry, since, at the current rate, the animal will be extinct within a decade. The rhinoceros is primarily poached for their horn, which is used mostly in Asian countries for medicinal purposes where it is also seen as a status symbol (which is no wonder, since […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/3d-printing-rhinoceros-poaching/feed/ 0 57387 Apis Cor 3D Printer Can Build House, Only Uses 8kW of Energy https://www.greenoptimistic.com/apis-cor-3d-printer-house/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/apis-cor-3d-printer-house/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2015 05:46:45 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56982 3D printing is taking off in a big way, and will soon be the foundation of manufacturing, medicine and home repair. One industry that will be changed by this innovative new technology is construction. Soon houses will be built by 3D printers instead of laborers and the Apis Cor is the most advanced of its kind yet, demonstrating […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/apis-cor-3d-printer-house/feed/ 0 56982 Using Recycled Milk Jugs for Filament Lowers the Cost of 3D Printers https://www.greenoptimistic.com/recycled-milk-jugs-lower-the-cost-of-3d-printers-20130306/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/recycled-milk-jugs-lower-the-cost-of-3d-printers-20130306/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 04:43:10 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=34491 Joshua Pearce, a Michigan Technological University professor, is working on a way to recycle items and use the raw materials to create anything – golf tees, a garlic press, even children’s’ toys. Pearce’s tool of choice is an open-source 3D printer. He uses free software downloaded from Thingiverse, which currently holds 54,000 open-source designs. 3D […]

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