If you're in the market for a 3D printer, you'll find one here that fits your needs. The US Environmental Protection Agency reports that the US generated 35.7 million tons (roughly the weight of 17.8 ...

In recent years, 3D printing has helped transform the face of manufacturing, leading some to call the technology a sign of the Third Industrial Revolution. Consumer-level printers are capable of ...

Dimension Polymers crowdfunded their sustainable 3D printer filament. Image: Dimension Polymers By 2020, there will be more than 250 million pounds of plastic produced by 3D printers. Add that to the ...

The project is led by Dr. Nuttapol Risangud of the Petroleum and Petrochemical College, who was inspired by the growing ...

Plastic waste is a big problem in our world today. It's important for makers who use 3D printing technology (which generates plastic objects) to consider the waste hierarchy paradigm. Here's the thing ...

We’ve already seen plenty of impressive uses for 3D printers in the past, including a 3D-printed skull implant and even a 3D-printed titanium bike. And now there’s an affordable way to forge your very ...

Here’s another project with the worthy ultimate aim of repurposing household plastic waste as useful 3D filament for making new stuff with your home 3D printer. Both the Strooder and the Filabot are ...

We’re far beyond the heyday of the RepRap project, and the Hackaday tip line isn’t seeing multiple Kickstarters for 3D printers every week. In a way, this is a bit of a loss. The rapid evolution of ...

There’s one problem with the popularity of plastic-extruding 3D printers such as the RepRap and Makerbot; since they’ve become so popular, the price of plastic filament has skyrocketed over the past ...

Filament is to 3D printers what gasoline is to cars. You need it in order to run your machine; you can get it from a variety of different places; and it’s available in various levels of quality. Not ...

From smart printers to material innovations, stay ahead in 3D printing with these new gadgets that improve speed, quality, ...