💨 METHANE ISN’T JUST SOMETHING TO GET RID OF. Landfills and wastewater treatment plants can produce methane, and some of that gas ends up being burned rather than converted…
🚽 YES — SCIENTISTS ACTUALLY CALLED IT A “MOSQUITO TOILET.” Rutgers University researchers wanted a different way to monitor what viruses might be circulating in mosquitoes. Instead of only…
⏱️ YOUR 3D PRINTER MIGHT STILL BE GETTING STARTED — THIS ONE IS ALREADY DONE. The custom Minute Man 3D printer, developed by Yan Roetz, crossed a wild milestone:…
🖨️ THE 3D PRINTER STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUILD. Researchers at UWE Bristol are exploring a wild combination of metal additive manufacturing and gemstone growth. Using Meltio’s…
🗑️ YOUR FAILED 3D PRINT MIGHT NOT BE TRASH ANYMORE. Broken prototypes, supports, scraps and prints that didn’t come out right can leave makers with piles of plastic. But…
🥽 FROM VIRTUAL OBJECT TO REAL OBJECT. Imagine putting on a VR headset, seeing a 3D object floating in front of you, grabbing it with your virtual hand… and…
EVER COME BACK TO A PRINT COVERED IN TINY PLASTIC SPIDERWEBS? If you use an FFF/FDM 3D printer, you’ve probably seen stringing — those annoying hair-thin strands of filament…
Self-Sensing Titanium Components Researchers have developed a method to embed strain sensors directly within 3D-printed titanium components, creating a material that can monitor mechanical strain from within. Key Features…