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Early adopters who have dreamed of living in a printed home, but don’t want to drop a big pile of cash on the experience can now do so thanks to US company Azure Printed Homes, who are printing homes to rent. The Los Angeles-based construction company has teamed up with property developer Reinhabit to construct 10 prefabricated homes which will be rented out to occupants. What’s more is that the little houses will be printed out of recycled plastic, and according to the company, the modular components that make up one of their houses can be printed in the space of a day. You can see an example one Azure’s prefabricated designs in the image below, being lowered into position by crane. An Azure Backyard Studio, being delivered.(Image credit: Azure Printed homes) The 10 tiny houses will be assembled on three different sites in Southern California. “We have been researching…    read more 

Living organs for medical experimentation are pretty hard to come by, on account of human beings actually using them on a day to day basis. To rectify this, the concept of the organoid has been developed. Functional Organ Models Organoids are mini-versions of organs that replicate various biological functions, and they are grown in-vitro, in a petri dish or test tube or some other kind of container outside of the normal environment of the body. Manufacturing of organoids has had its limitations however, as it has been difficult to demonstrate consistent and robust extraction of mature organoids from renewable cells. This could be about to change though, thanks to a team of researchers from the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh who have been awarded funding to further research into organoid production using AI and 3D printing. In-vitro organoids. (Image credit: University of Pittsburgh) The team of…    read more 

Back in April 2021 we took a look at Chinese printer company Cerambot’s ceramic printer the Eazao, which enabled the printing of ceramics that could be fired inside a standard home microwave oven thanks to their nifty little microwave kiln gizmo. Now the company is back with a bigger offering, with a bunch of new improvements, and it’s available on Kickstarter. Let’s take a look in more detail at the new Cerambot Eazao Matrix. Bigger & Better First up, the new Cerambot Eazao Matrix is significantly bigger than the previous model. The Matrix comes in three different sizes which are the M500, M600, and M700. The largest is the M700 which provides the maximum printing volume at 500 x 500 x 700mm. That’s big enough to print your own bathroom sink or other bathroom ceramics! Imagine printing your own bidet! Mmmmm… custom freshness! The new Matrix is also capable of…    read more