,聽a Taiwanese design factory, is making creative recycling available to the masses. The company’s bike-powered 3-D printer breaks down plastic cups to make bike parts, literally putting the “cycling” into “recycling.”
Inventor and Fabraft co-founder Kamm Kai-Yu says the intention is to promote recycling and demystify technology for the public at the same time, Reuters reports.
Fabraft used open-source software to build a small 3-D printer, which it then powered with a bicycle,聽聽reports. The team collects No. 5鈥揼rade plastic cups, which the machine grinds into a powder and converts into ink that is used to make gear-shaped tokens. LEDs are then added to the tokens to create bike lights that fit nicely on spokes. The whole shebang takes about two hours to complete.
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