Surface conductors on vacuum formed parts appear in many hacks, from cosplay armor to 3D touch pads and smart objects. But making them has always been painful. Either they had to be hand painted after ...

If you're in the market for a 3D printer, you'll find one here that fits your needs. The US Environmental Protection Agency reports that the US generated 35.7 million tons (roughly the weight of 17.8 ...

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 ...

3D printing has come a long way since its invention in 1983 by Chuck Hull, who pioneered stereolithography, a technique that solidifies liquid resin into solid objects using ultraviolet lasers.

Aerospace giant Airbus is 3D printing over 25,000 flight-ready plastic parts per year for its A320, A350, and A400M aircraft.

[Julius Curt] needed to mark acrylic panels with a bit more clarity than the usual way of rastering the surface, so they attempted to 3D print directly to an acrylic sheet, which worked perfectly. The ...

A 3D-printing technique with dual nozzles enables a new form of metal-plastic hybrid printing. Applications include 3D-printed electronic components for healthcare applications, according to ...

Three-dimensional (3D) metal–plastic composite structures have widespread potential applicability in smart electronics, micro/nanosensing, internet-of-things (IoT) devices, and even quantum computing.

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. (CBS 58) -Thanks to the research of two professors at UW-Platteville, there may truly be no reason to ever cry over spilled milk.Chemistry Professor Joseph Wu and Mechanical Engineer ...

Innovative ink technology for mass production direct-to-shape digital printing enables unmatched photorealism quality and ultra-sharp text and lines Velox will display samples printed with Micro-Pixel ...