Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Carolyn Schwaar is a tech journalist and editor at All3DP Magazine. This article is more than 3 years old. 3D-printed skull ...

Chances are good that if you’ve done any 3D printing, it was of the standard fused deposition modeling variety. FDM is pretty simple stuff — get a bit of plastic filament hot enough, squeeze the ...

Creative posters on social media are using 3D printing out-of-the box ideas and designs inspired by an online community of "makers." Sierra Sandison, or 3D Printcess on TikTok, is a mechanical ...

A skipper will replace his nylon fishing net every 6 months, says Ian Falconer, and most of the time they're buried in a ...

“Our planet is choking in plastic,” states the United Nations. While the man-made material has many valuable uses, our addiction to single-use plastic products has led to severe economic, health and ...

Each of these layers can be seen as a thinly sliced cross section of the object. 3D printing is the opposite of subtractive manufacturing, which uses machines to cut or hollow out a solid piece of ...

3D printing is all well and good for prototyping, and it can even produce useful parts. If you want real strenght in plastics, though, or to produce a LOT of parts, you probably want to step up to ...

The discovery could reduce food waste, fight plastic pollution and even create a new revenue stream for Wisconsin’s dairy ...

In a multi-year project, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed plasmonic plastic – a type of composite material with unique optical properties that can be ...

D printers make it simple to create affordable armies for tabletop wargames - provided you meet the very, very specific ...