Software that thinks about design drawings that can be made with empty bottles.

"Reduce" "Reuse " "Recycle". These are the keywords on this blog post and so that we humans do not waste resources on the earth. But everyone, not just say it, but don't you think that this is the time to take action. For example, instead of turning an empty soda bottle for recycling, try to make something different on your own . Well, for example. If I were a scientist at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Germany I guess it would be like this. "Isn't it something like a chair, a boat, or an outdoor shelter?"

However, making something somewhat unusual in soda bottles is not as easy as using wood or bricks. It will be a pain to make one plastic toy . If you would like to make a boat or something, because it is sailing with a taped soda bottle ship with tape, the road will be extremely difficult. Therefore, researchers of Hasso Plattner Institute is "used properly" a soda bottle in the true meaning was developed in order to turn it into products, software called T r u s s F a b. This is how it makes a 3D model and design automatically making soda bottles into pop structures .

Furthermore, this TrussFab not only calculates how many empty soda bottles are needed when actually building something, it can even calculate the load and load capacity that the finished product will receive . For example, a soda bottle chair made from a design that considers this precise design and strength can actually support even if a person weighing 180 pounds (about 81.6 kg) can sits.

TrussFab makes plastics connectors instead of tape and glue . It connect a soda bottle using a connector that is small enough to create it with a desktop 3D printer. Since each connector has an individual identifier assigned, it is easy to handle parts. When actually connecting the bottle, this is also easy because it is designed to be attached to the connector by turning or pushing it. Also, if you have to connect two bottles to that part, fix with a simple screw or bolt.

TrussFab is still in the prototype stage and it is not mentioned yet whether it will be sold in the future or not. But with this software, designing and building a dream soda bottle house is not a dream! However, it seems rather difficult to collect necessary bottles.

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