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Thursday, 18 December 2008

EcoFont: Free Typeface Uses Holes To Cut Ink Usage

A Dutch company called Spranq have come up with an interesting typeface that aims to reduce printer ink usage by omitting numerous tiny circles from the center of each letter. Called EcoFont, it was inspired by holey Dutch cheese and is the result of an effort to cut down on ink use while simultaneously maintaining readability.

Incredible Concrete-Jet “Printers” To Build Houses In Hours

Thinking big, researchers in California are looking to upscale 3D printing techniques to construct entire houses, including internal wiring and plumbing. The houses would be built at rapid speed and at around a fifth of the cost of current construction methods. The system, called Contour Crafting, is not limited to boxy, utilitarian designs either. The system can recreate just about anything designed using CAD software as long as it can support its own weight.