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Open-source 3D Printed Pipe Fittings Reduce Water Waste, New Study Argues (3dprintingindustry.com)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Could be promising as long as the print is water tight.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

The research comes from Joshua Pearce's lab which generally does pretty good work. They tend to focus on "appropriate technology" especially for the developing world, so it makes a lot more sense when you look at it in combination with their other research focusing on low resource environments.