To combat open defecation in India, Spark Architects has introduced the “Big Arse Toilet” Concept, a mobile structure that converts waste into bio-gas.
This automation technology uses robotics for the most laborious manual step in metal additive manufacturing, which is de-powdering the system after printing. Previously, this step was done by humans using specially designed glove boxes for safety.
Autodesk has designed an end-to-end workflow that takes generative design structures into HP Multi Jet Fusion 3D printers. Autodesk is also developing the same for GE Additive machines.
A new bioprinting process from researchers at Colorado University Boulder paves the way for the fabrication of complex human tissues like blood vessels and organs.
