The Sentinel will be globally classed by DNV as the first additively manufactured pressure hulls for human occupancy.
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Taste the Future: 3D Printed Vegan Seafood Developed
You’ve heard about 3D printed steaks. How about 3D printed seafood?
Design of the Week: OceanGate Titan Submersive
This week’s selection is the OceanGate Titan Submersive by designer Tobi Takenn.
Offshore Drilling: How 3D Printing is Enhancing the Oil & Gas Industry
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at recent usage of 3D printing in offshore oil rigs.
Exploring Beyond the Box: Construction 3D Printing for Undersea Artificial Reefs
Almost all the buzz about construction 3D printing is about “printing homes”, but there’s more to the story.
A Different Environment: 3D Printing Underwater Parts
A new research project has made extensive use of 3D printing — underwater. Most 3D printed parts are used in mechanical settings, and they must be made from materials that withstand the environmental conditions expected during deployment. Sometimes those conditions are quite easy to match, such as for tabletop or decorative use. Other times mechanical… Continue reading A Different Environment: 3D Printing Underwater Parts
Who Knew 3D Printed Corals Could Be So Complex?
Researchers at Cambridge and UCSD have developed a sophisticated method of 3D printing living coral reefs.
Ambitious Ocean Plastics Recycling Project
I’m looking at a new Kickstarter project that hopes to manufacture 3D printer filament from stray plastic in the Caribbean.
Subsea Applications of 3D Printing
There’s an interesting use of 3D printing taking place: under the sea!