[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VtYbYr19GVg] Kai Parthy is a German engineer who creates odd printing filaments for 3D printers. His ...

Lulzbot is one of those companies that blaze the trail in innovation and openly share their findings with everyone else. Their philosophy of Free & Libre, hardware and software is a business model ...

James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser ...

Those of you lucky enough to own a 3D printer that have wished for the ability to create flexible 3D printed objects may be interested in Filastic, a new flexible 3D printing filament that has been ...

[XYZAiden]’s concept for a flexible robotic gripper might be a few years old, but if anything it’s even more accessible now than when he first prototyped it. It uses only a single motor and requires ...

[Proper Printing] clearly enjoys pushing the boundaries of 3D printed materials, and sometimes this requires building custom 3D printers or at least the business end of them. Flexible filaments can be ...

Filament is to 3D printers what gasoline is to cars. You need it in order to run your machine; you can get it from a variety of different places; and it’s available in various levels of quality. Not ...

Why choice matters: Different filaments offer unique strengths, from PLA’s fine detail to PETG’s durability, impacting ...