A new MIT toolkit blends eco-friendly filaments with strong plastics, making 3D printing greener without losing strength.

3D printing produces a lot of plastic. In this article, we look at the issue of plastic waste, how 3D printing might actually reduce that waste, and a really helpful application of repurposing ...

In this installment, Charles tells us why using high-quality filament is one of the most important parameters in achieving good results.

D printing has come a long way since its invention in 1983 by Chuck Hull, who pioneered stereolithography, a technique that ...

Amsterdam-based company Reflow has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help developing communities turn plastic waste into 3D printing filament.

Filament-based 3D printers are remarkably wasteful. If you buy a kilogram of filament from your favorite supplier, the odds are that it will come wrapped around a plastic spool weighing about 250 g… ...

Another term is FFF (or fused filament fabrication). The idea behind both of these is that a 3D print is built up by layering layers of gooey plastic on top of each other.

Choosing the right filament can be a bit overwhelming, so save yourself the hassle and check out this list of the best 3D printing filament.

Two caveats: The acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) thermoplastic filament often used in 3D printing plastic parts, fused-filament fabrication or FFF, can be: • Expensive, and • Limited in ...

3D printing filament is a kind of thermoplastic material that can serve as the raw feedstock of any fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printer or a fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printer.

U.K. charity techfortrade reckons there's room to connect up the growing demand for 3D printing, with the surfeit of waste plastic in developing countries. It's developing a standard for ethical ...