Tag: garbage

Landfill Harmonic- The world sends us garbage… We send back music.

Apr 24, 2013

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by

mwkruse

in Economic Development

This video is amazing on so many levels. It is a wonderful example of human innovation and creativity under some of the most difficult circumstances. Landfill Harmonic- The world sends us garbage… We send back music. from Landfill Harmonic on Vimeo.
UW students’ 3-D printer to turn trash into better lives in Third World

Nov 1, 2012

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by

mwkruse

in Poverty, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction))

Seattle Times: UW students' 3-D printer to turn trash into better lives in Third World A team of University of Washington students has developed a machine that can "print" large plastic objects out of garbage. When he was working for the Peace Corps in Ghana and Panama, Matthew Rogge started to dream of turning waste…