How many plastic spoons, knives ... so why shouldn’t you be able to recycle it into 3D printing stock? How did it work? Check it out in the video below. [Stefan] already has a nice setup ...

Engineers can design the print path used by the 3D printer to program the plastic's physical properties so that a device can stretch and flex repeatedly in one direction while remaining rigid in ...

The next time you take a bag of plastic bottles to the recycler, you might be providing the building material for a new home ...

So she put in the effort to make 3D-printed plastic look like distressed metal and showed us how she did it. (Video also embedded after the break.) This video is a follow-up to her Pet Eye project ...

The possibilities for material design and production of plastic components are being expanded through 3D printing technology. However, there is a shortage of recyclable polymers that meet the ...

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Americans drink around 1.6 billion pounds of coffee, but most of the used coffee grounds—over 1.1 billion pounds—end up in ...