Have you ever heard of smart shirts? The concept takes functional clothing to the next level, as smart shirts can be used to monitor and adjust body temperature, as well as apply heat to your back or a sore shoulder. At Case Western Reserve University, researchers have now developed an affordable way to produce these kinds of shirts.
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The hypothetical picture we currently have on our future life may sound like a good sci-fi series on Netflix where it would be impossible to differentiate between lifelike robots and humans at some point in time. While the hype around virtual creations and virtual reality is growing, Carbon is committed to placing things from virtual space into physical space in a completely new, never-before-seen state. Our reality doesn’t seem that exciting but the steps and advances being made in 3D printing right now definitely.
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Counterfeiting of important documents is an ongoing problem and is getting more and more simple. Researchers at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have therefore invented a new anti-counterfeiting technology that uses 3D-printed holograms.
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Printing bank notes requires high ink quality. One of the experts in this business is the Swiss company Bühler. They are now as well responsible for the production of the new Swiss bank note series.
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Joost Vette from Delft University of Technology, figured out a way to use empty mussels for 3D printing. The material he developed is not only an eco-friendly alternative to plastics, but it is also realizable at home without special tools or hardware.
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Image Credit: Koenig & Bauer AG The research of the high-speed printing machine ranked Johann Koenig among the pioneers of
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In the recent past, we have experienced a mass of innovations coming from the printing industry: 3D printed houses, food or even bones. The printing of OLED (organic light-emitting diodes) displays with an inkjet printer might be another leap in functional printing and next-generation TVs.
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With the rise of e-commerce and a huge increase in the number of shippings sustainability is a serious factor. Millions of parcels are delivered to people around the world packed in paper, plastic boxes or envelopes. The UK based company Emailers Packaging came up with a new possibility for sustainable shipping: the paper padded envelope.
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Printing in private contexts becomes more and more a second choice. But sometimes you necessarily have to print out your documents mostly on a quite space consuming printer. For all of those who don’t want a big printer, just print every once in a while or people who have to print on the go, there is a new solution: ZUta Labs’ Mini Robotic Printer.
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Our digitalized world gives us the opportunity to save money and resources by organizing tasks on a computer. But according to a study carried out by the German Ministry of Environment Germans use about 250 kg paper per year and capita. A Chinese team of scientists has now developed a smart and resource-efficient alternative: Rewritable paper that can be printed on with water instead of ink.
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