Emva phaya phakathi kwiminyaka yoo-2010, uGqr. Scott Fulbright kunye noGqr. Stevan Albers, abafundi bePhD kwiNkqubo yeBiology yeCell and Molecular kwiYunivesithi yaseColorado State, babenengcamango enomdla yokuthatha i-biofabrication, ukusetyenziswa kwebhayoloji ukukhulisa izinto, kunye nokuyisebenzisa kwimveliso yemihla ngemihla. UFulbright wayemi kwindawo yokubulisa xa kwafika ingcamango yokwenza i-inki ezivela kwi-algae engqondweni.
Uninzi lwee-inki zisekelwe kwi-petrochemical, kodwa ukusebenzisa i-algae, iteknoloji ezinzileyo, ukuthatha indawo yeemveliso ezivela kwi-petroleum, kuya kudala umonakalo ongemhle kwi-carbon footprint. U-Albers wakwazi ukuthatha iiseli ze-algae aze aziguqule zibe yi-pigment, nto leyo abayenza yaba yi-inki esisiseko yokuprinta isikrini enokuprintwa.
I-Fulbright kunye ne-Albers baseka i-Living Ink, inkampani yezinto eziphilayo ese-Aurora, CO, ethengisa ii-inki ezimnyama ezinombala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ezinobuhlobo nokusingqongileyo. I-Fulbright isebenza njenge-CEO ye-Living Ink, kwaye u-Albers uyi-CTO.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Matshi-07-2023
