Solar Powered 3D Printer Experiment Converts Sand To Glass (Video)

3D printers are the future. Here's how to make something out of nothing using nothing (renewable energy).

In a world increasingly concerned with questions of energy production and raw material shortages, this project explores the potential of desert manufacturing, where energy and material occur in abundance.

In this experiment sunlight and sand are used as raw energy and material to produce glass objects using a 3D printing process, that combines natural energy and material with high-tech production technology.

Solar-sintering aims to raise questions about the future of manufacturing and triggers dreams of the full utilization of the production potential of the world's most efficient energy resource - the sun. - Markus Kayser