The modern world is super noisy. Technology makes a lot of sounds and many of them aren’t what we could call pleasant. They’re just loud but unfortunately noise canceling options are unwiedly and unattractive. That may change in the future with Acoustic Metamaterial, the new material that can cancel out 94% of sound.
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Food waste is a big problem. We throw out a lot of edible food for not being aesthetically pleasing or at the end of the sell by date, even though in many cases, this food is still good to eat. Upprinting Food wants to give this food a new life by changing how it’s presented.
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The internet is full of cool things that you can bring home into your real world life. If you’ve got a thing for Japan and have always wanted to be a samurai, good news! The Japanese airline All Nippon Airways has put out a tool where you can create your own Samurai Avatar (3D printer needed).
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So you have a 3D printer and you’re wondering what your next steps are with it now that you’ve made all the little figurines that you can think of. Well why not upgrade the next level of building and print yourself up a little mobile webcam, the Watney.
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In the future, all of our chairs will be plastic and made by 3D printers. Well, probably not but the prototype for the VoxelChair v1.0 gives us a glimpse of what the possibilities are. The chair was 3D printed in plastic with one, very long thread.
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We’ve seen some 3D printed homes before. They’re quite small but they make perfect low-cost places to live for many people. ICON is hoping to bring this model of building to more people as a sustainable alternative to building in underserved areas.
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One of the consequences of the forward momentum of technology is that the parts we need to keep some of favorite gizmos and gadgets going will eventually stop being made. That time has already come for Porsche but they found an innovative solution: 3D Printing.
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When we think of 3D printing, we think of plastic and sometimes food but mostly plastic. Desktop Metal is the company that wants to move the innovation into metal printing with its 3D metal printer.
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3D printers are getting more and more affordable. There are a ton of tutorials about how you can build your own if you really want to, but if you don’t, good news, they’re dropping in price. The Obsidian 3D Printer is one of the newest low-cost options available.
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So you got your hands on a Nintendo Switch and you want to do some serious gaming on your next road trip (with others). Well skip shot gun and hop in the back for some game time with the Nintendo Switch Car Headrest Travel Mount.
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Love tiny homes and 3D Printing? Well good news, you can combine both and have a home built in a day that you can actually live in. Apis Cor shows us how it’s done with their Russian 3D printed home.
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Burns are one of the worst injuries you can sustain and are very hard to heal from. It takes a great deal of time to recover from particularly bad burns. The Wake Forest School of Medicine has a concept to make healing times go three times faster using 3D printing.
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3D pens, totally cool. Drawing in the air? Amazing! Not cool though, hot parts, at least not if you’re a child. You will burn yourself or your parent’s house down. The 3Doodler Start is the perfect pen for little fingers as it has no hot parts.
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So a lot of the machines we use in the home have internal parts made from plastic and other materials which makes them cheaper and lighter but it also means they wear out a lot faster. Something made from metal however, is built to last. That’s the thinking behind the Trinus, the metal 3D printer.
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Recycling is a pretty common thing but even though everyone knows about it, there’s still a ton of plastic waste that ends up in landfills or just strewn about the city because people are also lazy. If you want to be a little bit more hands on with making the earth a better place, check out Precious Plastic, the site that will help you make your own recycling center.
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