Positrusion Recycler Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Mon, 24 Oct 2016 00:38:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Positrusion Recycler Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Astronauts Will Turn Trash Into Tools https://teachingkidsnews.com/2016/10/23/astronauts-will-turn-trash-tools/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2016/10/23/astronauts-will-turn-trash-tools/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2016 00:38:20 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=15750 Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) may soon be able to turn their used forks and knives into tools and satellite parts.
Tethers Unlimited Inc., an aerospace technology company, has developed a system that combines a waste recycling machine with a 3D printer.
Astronauts will put waste items made of plastic into the recycling machine, called the Positrusion Recycler. When they press a button, the Recycler will sterilize and melt down the plastic and turn it into 3D filament.

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