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Welcome to our latest blog post where we dive into the recent advancements in our plastic scanner technology. From hardware upgrades to software improvements and exciting future prospects, we… Read more: Handheld lasercut version

Greetings, all! I wanted to share some developments with you from our recent visit to the maker space at the TU Delft Science Center.The maker space had a stash of unknown… Read more: Testing At Makerspace

Greetings, all!Welcome to the latest update on our plastic scanner project! In this video, we’re happy to share some exciting developments that have been unfolding recently. From partnerships with local… Read more: Community Starts To Help Out

Greetings, all! I’m back in the Netherlands, right here in the heart of Delft, to update you on the progress we’ve made over the past few months. My holiday… Read more: From development board to handheld 🤖

Hello, plastic scanner enthusiasts! We’re happy to bring you another exciting update on the progress of the Plastic Scanner project. If you’re new here, the Plastic Scanner is an… Read more: 🌞Summer

Welcome to the latest update on the Plastic Scanner project! Our team has been hard at work creating a device that can identify the most common types of plastic.… Read more: DB2.2

Hello, lovely people! It’s great to be back with another exciting update on the Plastic Scanner project. As you may know, we’re creating a device that can easily identify… Read more: PS plot

By now, you all know what the Plastic Scanner project is about. But what truly makes this project exceptional is the community that has formed around it. As mentioned… Read more: Endeavor update

Plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time. However, through the development of the Plastic Scanner project, we want to provide tools to fight plastic pollution. The Plastic Scanner is an open-source initiative aimed… Read more: Endeavors

Hello everyone! Welcome to the final update of 2022! This month included a trip to Denmark, a visit to Plastix, and a review of our financials. The highlight of… Read more: 2022 #12 update

Hi everyone welcome to a new plastic scanner update! This is already number 11, November has now come and gone already. This month we have some cool hardware developments,… Read more: 2022 #11 update

Hey everyone, In this blog, I would like to share a little summary of the month of October with you. October was a month full of presenting and starting… Read more: 2022 #10 update

Hi Plastic Scanner family, Here is already our 9th update from our side, the September update! in the last update, you could see us looking for help, and this… Read more: 2022 #09 update

Hi Plastic Scanner friends, We are devoting €10.000 euros for open source work on the Plastic Scanner €5.000 Job offer for optics development dig into the details of near-infrared… Read more: 2022 #08 update

Hi Plastic Scanner friends,This month has been all about holidays! So traveling, exploring, and relaxing. But I did make something small for you:An interview with Dave Hakkens (the guy who started Precious… Read more: 2022 #07 update

Hi Plastic Scanner friends, This month, our group of students presented the “Plastic Scanner 2.0” – a concept and a prototype for the future, commercial version of the scanner.… Read more: 2022 #06 update

Hello! It’s time for another Plastic Scanner update, a project where we build a device for identifying the most common types of plastic, making sorting and recycling simpler! In… Read more: 2022 #05 update

Hi, welcome to a new Plastic Scanner update With the Plastic Scanner project, we are developing a device that can identify the most common types of plastic, making sorting… Read more: 2022 #04 update

Hello world, This update marks the third update of 2022 which, as scary as it might sound, already completes 25% of 2022! But don’t be scared, because we just… Read more: 2022 #03 update

Hi everyone, In the last month, we worked on the documentation website, which covers the technical aspects of the project and is now available at docs.plasticscanner.com. The goal is… Read more: 2022 #02 update

We made a plan for this year!🎉 The plan deserved its own place in the menu bar up there👆, and you can find it here! we also made a… Read more: 2022 #01 update

By now many people have helped bring this project to live, whether it is by donating money, contacting experts or by physically help building prototypes. I really appreciate the… Read more: Appreciation

A small change for the hardware, a big relief for the software development 🙌 Breakout board development We’re working on the breakout board, which is the sensory part of… Read more: An SPI_debug

My diploma is signed, so the project is now over? I don’t think so! I like to see my graduation project as a first solid step. It proved the… Read more: Ante Up

After 120 days of full focus the time was there: A final presentation to conclude my masters studies. The last days leading up to the presentation were completely covered… Read more: Apex

In the previous post, you could read that I was well on my way to making an actual handheld plastic scanner. But the more I started to talk with… Read more: Almost there

Okay people, I have been talking long enough now, let’s get our feet in the plastic and start working on a solution! In a previous post I talked about… Read more: Action.

The plastic that ends on the streets is easily fixed, at least, here in the Netherlands. There are many trashcans in public spaces (somehow always one to little) and… Read more: Around the world.

A simple device that can separate plastics that look and feel the same, I owe you an explanation; The technology to identify plastic is near-infrared spectroscopy. Spectroscopy is the study… Read more: An Explanation.

👩‍💻 To all Geeks, Nerds, and Techies, we need your help! To make the world slightly more sustainable, I am building an open-source scanner that can identify the five… Read more: An Open Call for Developers.