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 ...

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 ...

A new era of 3D printing "microfactories" is helping to turn waste plastics into "highly competitive" products fit for use in the construction industry, according to Veena Sahajwalla, professor and ...

While it's possible to 3D-print plastic or metal items, printing single items made of both materials is still quite difficult. Scientists have developed a new method of doing so, however, that could ...

We spoke with goatAM about personalized medicine and 3D printing of drugs for treatment tailored to each patient.

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 ...

SAN JOSE -- California has plenty of problems including a lack of housing and an excess of plastic waste material. Now a Southern California company has combined those two challenges into an ...

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 ...

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 ...

As the automakers centered in Detroit have been chasing electrification and faster, more agile product development, a manufacturer on the other side of the state of Michigan has felt a shift in 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 ...