Tag: trash

UW students’ 3-D printer to turn trash into better lives in Third World

Nov 1, 2012

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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…