Emuva phakathi kwe-2010s, uDkt. Scott Fulbright kunye noGqr Stevan Albers, Ph.D.abafundi kwiCell and Molecular Biology Programme kwiYunivesithi yaseColorado State, babenombono othakazelisayo wokuthatha i-biofabrication, ukusetyenziswa kwebhayoloji ukukhulisa izinto, kunye nokusetyenziswa kwemveliso yemihla ngemihla.UFulbright wayemi kwindawo yokubulisa ikhadi xa ingcamango yokuqulunqa ii-inki ezivela kwi-algae yafika engqondweni.
Uninzi lwee-inki zisekelwe kwi-petrochemical, kodwa ukusebenzisa i-algae, iteknoloji ezinzileyo, ukutshintsha iimveliso ezivela kwi-petroleum, kuya kudala i-carbon footprint engalunganga.U-Albers wakwazi ukuthatha iiseli ze-algae kwaye aziguqule zibe yi-pigment, abaye bayenza ibe yisiseko se-inki yokuprinta enokuthi iprintwe.
I-Fulbright kunye no-Albers baseke i-Living Ink, inkampani ye-biomaterials e-Aurora, CO, ethengise ii-inks ezimnyama ezisekelwe kwi-algae.UFulbright usebenza njenge-CEO ye-Living Ink, kunye no-Albers njenge-CTO.
Ixesha lokuposa: Mar-07-2023