Machined tooling contributes to the majority of production costs for many small-run jobs. 3D printing can reduce the cost of plastic cores, molds, and tooling, but there are several considerations to ...

[Florian] has a few arcade games and MAME machines, and recently he’s been trying to embed objects in those hard plastic spheres on the end of joysticks. A common suggestion is to 3D print some molds, ...

Shapeways, one of the biggest names in 3D printing, is adding a new squishy plastic material called Elasto Plastics to its available printing options. This new material offers some interesting ...

PepsiCo Inc. is using additive manufacturing in addition to blow molding to develop beverage bottles faster at a reduced cost. The Purchase, N.Y.-based company patented technology in late 2020 for a ...

Shapeways has unveiled an elastic new material for 3D printing that can be used for projects that are a little more on the flexible side. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich and MIT created a multi-material 3D printed hand using a process invented to enable the innovation of soft robotics. (Thomas Buchner via Courthouse News Service) (CN) — To ...