A Company In Mexico Is Making 3D Printed Bricks Out Of Eggshells

Can you build a wall out of eggshells? You can if you're the Mexican design studio MANUFACTURA, which developed a sustainable way to make bricks out of discarded shells and bio-binders.

By |2024-12-06T06:49:59-05:00March 15, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Could We Replace Concrete Walls With Ones Made Of 3D-Printed Soil?

The new 3D printing project called To Grow A Building is working on a method to 3D print the components of structures out of dirt, with the goal of reducing the significant amount of emissions that come from using standard building materials.

By |2024-12-06T06:48:33-05:00August 17, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Bacteria Can Make Ink For 3D Printers Now

3D printing is getting bigger and bigger. And the range of substances you can use in 3D printing projects is growing, too - including a new project that uses bacteria to make a 3D ink.

By |2024-12-07T20:57:36-05:00December 16, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

Babies Babble, And So Do Baby Bats

If you’ve ever been around a baby you probably heard some cooing, gurgling and babbling, as the babies try to make the sounds adults make. Some new research finds if you spend time with baby bats, you might hear them doing essentially the same thing.

By |2024-12-02T08:29:43-05:00September 10, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Bioprinting Clothes (And More) Out Of Algae

A research team at the University of Rochester and the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has found a way to bioprint a strong, flexible and eco-friendly material that could one day serve as fabric for t-shirts, energy storage for space missions and much more.

By |2024-12-16T07:14:15-05:00May 6, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , |

Madagascar Will Be Home To The World’s First 3D-Printed School

Building new schools can take lots of time and money, but a new initiative has developed a construction method using 3D printing that they say can put an entire classroom together in a week or less.

By |2024-12-06T06:49:18-05:00February 8, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

The Teachers Who Became World Class Screamers (But Not At Their Classes)

To mark our 400th episode, we have stories of some of the people who have set world records for screaming! Two of them are educators, though I don't think they practice on their students.

By |2024-12-12T21:33:17-05:00October 12, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |
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