Collaborate Disseminate
Although discarded printer cartridges may be low on toner, they still do contain some toner which can’t simply be reused in its present form. Instead, Canon has started recycling it into a pelletized asphalt colorant and binding agent.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Canon is now recycling discarded toner into an asphalt additive
Australian researchers have analyzed the structural properties of walls made from end-of-life car tires packed with dirt, giving engineers some figures to work with and making a well-known upcycling technique available to the construction industry.Cont… Continue reading Earth-packed tire walls prove as structurally sound as concrete
Drywall is common and ubiquitous in commercial and residential buildings today. Many of us barely think about it until we have to repair a hole smashed in it. However, drywall …read more Continue reading A Brief History of Drywall Or: How Drywall Came To Dominate The World of Construction
Construction is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, so finding new materials and methods is a crucial goal. Researchers at Flinders University have now developed a new type of polymer, made out of industrial waste, that can be forme… Continue reading Polymer bricks made of industrial waste bond together without mortar
Most houses built in the US today are platform construction: skinny two-by-fours are stacked and layered to create walls with studs. Each floor is framed on top of the other. …read more Continue reading You Wouldn’t 3D Print a House, Would You?
Those of us beyond a certain age will very likely have some fond memories of many an hour spent and pocket money devoured feeding the local arcade pinball machine. At …read more Continue reading A Great Resource For The Would-Be Pinball Machine Builder
Two years ago Reekon Tools introduced its M1 Caliber tool, which added digital measurement functionality to existing power saws. The company is now offering that same tech in a stand-alone tape measure, called the T1 Tomahawk.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading T1 Tomahawk brings digital capabilities to the humble tape measure
If you’re working on a construction project which is indoors or in a sound-sensitive area, using noisy, exhaust-belching machinery isn’t the best idea. That’s one of the reasons Doosan Bobcat developed the just-announced T7X all-electric compact track … Continue reading Bobcat T7X claimed to be world’s first electric compact track loader
The latest 3D printing application? Forming concrete. That’s according to a team at ETH Zurich who claims that construction with foam forms cuts concrete usage up to 70%. It also …read more Continue reading Concrete with 3D Printed Foam Forms
Concrete is the most widely used building material in the world, but it comes at a huge environmental cost. Engineers in Japan have developed a new technique to make concrete by recycling waste concrete and combining it with captured carbon dioxide.Con… Continue reading Green new concrete recycles building waste and captured CO2