New York-based fashion design company Simplifyber has just received 3.5 million USD in seed funding to continue development of their range of footwear and clothing. What is novel about the company is the material process they are using to create their fabrics. These fabrics are molded, not woven and stitched together, and they are molded from a mix of plant matter and other biodegradable materials. You can see the shoe in the image below. Upper molded over printed mold (Image credit: Simplifyber) First up, you will notice that the sole is clearly made with additive manufacturing, and this sole has been printed with the collaboration of HP, presumably on one of their MJF machines.But the real innovation lies in the shoe upper (the bit that covers the foot). This is the molded fabric, and it is produced with a means partly inspired by traditional paper making techniques. Like papermaking, the… read more
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With more and more green initiatives popping up around the world, the market for materials making environmentally-sustainable claims seems to be exploding. This week alone, there’s been a whole slew of developments regarding biopolymer-based 3D printing filaments. Over in Canada, materials firms BOSK Bioproducts and Filaments.ca have launched the country’s first entirely bio-based, compostable line of 3D printing filaments. Named ‘Made with REGEN’, the PHA-based biopolymers contain no fossil fuel oils or chemical additives. Elsewhere, in London, the Otrivin Air Lab exhibition is showcasing how photobioreactors can be used to turn CO2 waste into 3D printing materials. Created by Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto of the ecoLogicStudio, the exhibition features a set of 12 photobioreactors capable of photosynthesis, which use CO2 to produce biomass that can be harvested to make 3D printable biopolymer filaments. In the research sphere, scientists at EPFL have developed their own biopolymer using non-edible plant material,… read more
A group of Italian researchers has developed a 3D printed artificial skin that could be used to improve the tactile sensing capabilities of robots. Researchers from Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, and the Sapienza University of Rome created the 3D printed skin which successfully mimicked the function of Ruffini receptors, a type of cell located on subcutaneous human skin tissue that detect stretching, vibrations, warmth, and pressure. Once attached to a robot and combined with a deep learning algorithm based on a multi-layered convolutional neural network (CNN), the skin can estimate the force and point at which the robot comes into contact with an object, potentially enabling safer human-robot cooperation in the future. The 3D printed artificial skin. Image via Nature Machine Intelligence. 3D printing artificial skin 3D bioprinted skin models and grafts have received increasing interest and development in recent years due to their potential uses… read more
Magnum (the ice cream people) have commissioned Dutch designer Iris van Herpen to design and craft a dress inspired by their own vegan ice cream. That means using sustainable and non-animal based materials. The dress has been designed, and it was all made possible by use of 3D printed bioplastics made from algae and cocoa bean husks. You can see the dress, which was shown at this year’s Paris Fashion Week in the image below. Cocoa bean husks (Image credit: Magnum) The dress, according to press materials, features plantlike body embellishments which are copper-coated, draped and entwined with upcycled and organza, while the cocoa husk elements were 3D printed. What is interesting about this story is the use of cocoa husks in the plastic, and how algae is used rather than a traditional consumer plastic in the blend. Cocoa seeds grow in husks, and these husks form a huge amount… read more
The London Borough of Hackney recently awarded £600,000 in grants via its Hackney Central Impact and Ideas Grant Fund, supporting local businesses pushing the circular economy. The program involved a total of 23 green enterprises, including Batch.Works, an East London design and manufacturing studio using 3D printing to upcycle plastic waste into useful products. Riding off the back of the initiative, the Hackney Council is now actively encouraging other local businesses to partake in discussions regarding the circular economy, all in a bid to cut waste, reuse materials, and slash emissions. Guy Nicholson, Deputy Mayor for Delivery, Inclusive Economy, and Regeneration, said, “It is all too easy to jettison some of our ambitions to reduce emissions, support the creation of a circular economy and play our collective part in transforming Hackney’s local economy and placing it at the forefront of the net zero carbon economy of tomorrow. Despite the challenges… read more
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