The sustainable biomaterial could already be applied as a tiling system for smaller components in buildings.
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00:03 Hydrogel has a property that makes it not flow
00:16 when it's being 3D printed.
00:18 So it doesn't liquefy.
00:20 It stays in its shape exactly how we want it to be.
00:25 On the other hand, because it's a hydrogel,
00:27 it contains a lot of water.
00:29 So there are challenges related to the drying of the material
00:33 where we are dealing with shrinkage and some deformations
00:38 within the material.
00:40 But these can also be mitigated if we design the 3D printing
00:45 paths in a good way.
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00:57 Instead of turning these products into waste,
01:00 we're trying to use the material to create new materials.
01:04 And this is actually the material
01:06 that we have been working on.
01:09 And it contains only these very, very tiny cellulose fibers
01:15 mixed with water.
01:16 And it is 3D printable.
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01:25 It could already be applied as a tiling system, for example,
01:32 because we do have smaller components in buildings
01:35 that act as tiles.
01:38 So you could assemble multiple pieces together,
01:42 for example, to use as wall cladding
01:45 or instead of maybe wallpaper or other materials
01:49 that we have in buildings.
01:51 But of course, there is the potential
01:54 to scale up even more to have larger pieces that
01:57 could cover entire walls.
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