{"id":88787,"date":"2019-03-19T20:02:12","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T03:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/a-real-world-star-trek-replicator-is-now-possible-thanks-to-new-breakthrough"},"modified":"2019-03-20T04:43:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T11:43:37","slug":"a-real-world-star-trek-replicator-is-now-possible-thanks-to-new-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/a-real-world-star-trek-replicator-is-now-possible-thanks-to-new-breakthrough","title":{"rendered":"A Real World \u2018Star Trek\u2019 Replicator Is Now Possible Thanks To New Breakthrough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/a-real-world-star-trek-replicator-is-now-possible-thanks-to-new-breakthrough.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A startup with alumni from MIT and Yale says it\u2019s made a breakthrough in creating a next-generation material that should make it possible to 3D print literally anything out of thin air.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mattershift.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink: https:\/\/www.mattershift.com\/\">New York-based Mattershift<\/a> has managed to create large-scale carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes that are able to combine and separate individual molecules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis technology gives us a level of control over the material world that we\u2019ve never had before,\u201d said Mattershift Founder and CEO Dr. Rob McGinnis in a release. \u201cFor example, right now we\u2019re working to remove CO<sub>2<\/sub> from the air and turn it into fuels. This has already been done using conventional technology, but it\u2019s been too expensive to be practical. Using our tech, I think we\u2019ll be able to produce carbon-zero gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels that are cheaper than fossil fuels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mattershift.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink: https:\/\/www.mattershift.com\/\" ]new=\"\" york-based=\"\" mattershift<=\"\" a=\"\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mattershift.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink: https:\/\/www.mattershift.com\/\" ]new=\"\" york-based=\"\" mattershift<=\"\" a=\"\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mattershift.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink: https:\/\/www.mattershift.com\/\" ]new=\"\" york-based=\"\" mattershift<=\"\" a=\"\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ericmack\/2018\/03\/09\/carbon-nanotube-membrane-breakthrough-is-real-world-star-trek-replicator-mattershift\/#3ae9dc51520f\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ericmack\/2018\/03\/09\/carbon-nanotube-membrane-breakthrough-is-real-world-star-trek-replicator-mattershift\/#3ae9dc51520f\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ericmack\/2018\/03\/09\/carbon-nanotube-membrane-breakthrough-is-real-world-star-trek-replicator-mattershift\/#3ae9dc51520f\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ericmack\/2018\/03\/09\/carbon-nanotube-membrane-breakthrough-is-real-world-star-trek-replicator-mattershift\/#3ae9dc51520f\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A startup with alumni from MIT and Yale says it\u2019s made a breakthrough in creating a next-generation material that should make it possible to 3D print literally anything out of thin air. New York-based Mattershift has managed to create large-scale carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes that are able to combine and separate individual molecules. \u201cThis technology [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":518,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,1497,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-energy","category-nanotechnology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/518"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88787"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88797,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88787\/revisions\/88797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}