After fracturing his arm, this engineer hated his fiberglass cast. So he '4D-printed' a better one
Traditional casts are heavy, immovable, and prone to wearing down the skin. Castomize’s new lightweight alternative seeks to change that.
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Design lab invents first-of-its-kind 3D-printed wheelchair for kids — and will give them away for free
The “Toddler Mobility Trainer” is fully modular and requires no tools to assemble, making it easy to replace and grow with its user.
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The Ocean Cleanup turns attention to rivers in effort to eradicate plastic from global waterways
Boylan Slat, founder of The Ocean Cleanup, said 1% of the world’s rivers are responsible for about 80% of ocean pollution. Here's what he's doing about it.
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Environmentalists want to turn ocean garbage into hydropower. They're building a ship that does
Gaia First is working to create a world-first cleanup vessel that converts ocean plastic to hydropower, fueling its own existence.
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Man survives hundreds of deadly snake bites, pioneering a universal anti-venom
Tim Friede’s blood is now the source of a potential new universal anti-venom, following hundreds of meticulous bites and venomous injections.
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A simple tweak to tax law is helping communities install solar power
The Inflation Reduction Act lets companies sell their clean energy tax credits for cash.
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