Markus Kayser's Solar Sinter Project
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As part of his MA in Design Products at the RCA, Marcus Kayser has developed a solar-powered 3D printer that can sinter loose desert sand into glass objects. A device that can produce objects using nothing more than the desert’s most abundant resources: sun and sand? Consider me sold. The thought of a complete glass city rising majestically out of the very sand of the desert, constructed by swarms of Von Neumann like quadrotors has left me somewhat giddy.
If someone can get on with building an equivalent device that requires only rain and discarded copies of the Metro, London would be sorted.
– Via BLDGBLG