Discover the creative journey of transforming a plastic soda bottle into high-quality 3D printer filament. Watch as we prepare, cut, and feed the plastic into a homemade extruder, achieving a ...

Discover an inspiring DIY project that turns discarded plastic bottles into 3D printer filament and miniature soda bottles. Watch each step, from collecting plastic waste in a snowy park to building a ...

You may have heard of 3D-printing pens before: devices like the 3Doodler which turn plastic filaments into a gel that hardens in the air — letting users create impressive freehand sculptures in the ...

Current 3D printers employ either plastic or metal only, and the conventional method to coat 3D plastic structures with metal is not environment-friendly and yields poor results. Now, scientists have ...

Surface conductors on vacuum formed parts appear in many hacks, from cosplay armor to 3D touch pads and smart objects. But making them has always been painful. Either they had to be hand painted after ...

If you’ve ever tried to cut a piece of acrylic with a tool designed to cut wood or metal, you know that the plastic doesn’t cut in the same way that either of the other materials would. It melts at ...

A new additive manufacturing system and process developed by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU produces plastic components eight times faster than ...

Our take on the state of 3D printing, the ways companies are using it today, and how it's going to revolutionize the future of business. Read now 3D printing transforms spools of plastic filament or ...

Los Angeles-based architectural startup Azure is changing the way things are done in the construction industry as they use recycled plastic to 3D print prefab homes. Now, they are selling house models ...

Mosquitoes live almost everywhere on Earth and are easy to rear. The team estimates that organic 3D printing nozzles made from mosquito proboscises should cost around 80 cents; the glass and metal ...

Gun control is back in the spotlight – this time with a high-tech twist. A federal judge's temporary restraining order aims at blocking plans to upload blueprints necessary for a person to build a ...

The Houston startup re:3D is hoping to build its business and maybe save the world with an unusual recipe: Take discarded water bottles, shred them and bake them at 100 degrees until they achieve a ...