3D printing, otherwise known as additive manufacturing, is a recent innovation that has fast become one of the most important manufacturing methods. In this process, products are constructed ...

If a 3D printer leaves gaps in the plastic that it deposits, it's usually thought of as an unwanted flaw. Now, however, the process has been harnessed to quickly and cheaply produce pliable polymer ...

While it isn’t for everyone, some of the best creators we know are experts at working with textiles. While the art is ancient, it isn’t easy and requires clever tools. [Lauren] collected a few 3D ...

Conventional textiles made of woven threads are highly useful materials. [Sara Alvarez] has had some success creating fabric-like materials through 3D printing, and though they’re not identical, they ...

Kuba cloth*, a traditional textile from Africa, is now being reimagined with the help of 3D textile technology ...

Researchers from IMDEA Materials Institute and the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) have created a new material mix of metal and textile. Few materials would seem to have less in common than ...

One startup has been working toward scaling a plug-and-play way to connect designers’ creations with knitting manufacturers. At Sourcing Journal’s Los Angeles Sustainability Summit, Garett Gerson, ...

Researchers at Harvard University have developed a biodegradable and sustainable wool-like material with shape memory that can be 3D-printed to create novel textiles and other products. A team at ...

In a leap forward for materials science, a multi-institutional team of researchers has developed a pioneering method of 3D printing cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs), enabling complex, ...

CHICAGO, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The vast field of computer graphics and interactive techniques spans the gamut of industries, from gaming and film to biomedical and manufacturing. The core of ...

B8ta co-founder and former president Phillip Raub is the newly minted CEO of Model No., and will leverage his skill set from the software-powered retailer he started to help scale the ...