With any printer, the cost of ink is what puts people off long after the machine has been paid for. With ink jet and laser printers, you can’t turn your plastic recyclables -- the cartridges -- into ...

Discover an inspiring DIY project that turns discarded plastic bottles into 3D printer filament and miniature soda bottles. Watch each step, from collecting plastic waste in a snowy park to building a ...

Discover the creative journey of transforming a plastic soda bottle into high-quality 3D printer filament. Watch as we prepare, cut, and feed the plastic into a homemade extruder, achieving a ...

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 ...

Plastic is a remarkable material in many ways. Cheap, durable, and versatile, it is responsible for a large percentage of the modern world we live in. As we all know, though, it’s not without its ...

A pair of Grade 11 students from Bishop James Mahoney (BJM) High School have picked a pretty unique way to spend their free time over the last 12 months. Sophia LeCroix and Kai Chen started a business ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

Didyou know that 3D printing generates a lot of plastic waste? This mayseem odd at first, but every enthusiast knows the amount of plasticthat gets wasted before any successful printing is done.

Angel investors understand the high stakes of funding new technologies. The journey is fraught with financial, technical and market risks—but when a groundbreaking well-designed innovation meets the ...