A friend of mine and I both have a similar project in mind, the manufacture of custom footwear with our hackerspace’s shiny new multi-material 3D printer. It seems like a match made in heaven, a ...

Goodyear Tire & Rubber has patented a process for manufacturing a tread molding element for tires. This involves modeling a 3D shape, using thermoplastic polymers with a melting point of at least ...

SOMERVILLE, Mass.—Formlabs Inc. has released a new soft-touch powder for thermoplastic elastomers in 3D printing. Known as TPU 90A Powder, the material is intended to be used with Fuse Series SLS ...

3D printing production looked like it might be the answer to the long-term promise of mass customization. Can you take the efficiencies of mass production manufacturing and apply them to build-for-one ...