This process transforms a discarded plastic bottle into material that can be used for 3D printing. Cutting, shaping, and processing the plastic demonstrates a creative approach to reusing everyday ...

Replacing a 3D printer’s extruder with a cutting blade seems like an easy way to do things like vinyl cutting, but you cannot just put on any blade and expect good results. The right type of blade is ...

Clear acrylic panels have long been a mainstay of 3D printer enclosure designs, but they can also add significant cost in terms of money, shipping, weight, and hassle. An alternative material worth ...

We look at a device that helps save the planet by recycling plastic water bottles into 3D printer filament. Read on for a very cool machine and some very scary stats. The US Environmental Protection ...

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 ...

Princeton engineers have developed an easily scalable 3D printing technique to manufacture soft plastics with programmed stretchiness and flexibility that are also recyclable and inexpensive—qualities ...