The list of materials capable of being extruded through a 3D printer seems to grow by the week, moving well beyond plastics, food and metals to now include another unlikely substance: glass. And while ...

Parked in the RIT glass hot shop, a first-of-its-kind device carries out a process sitting at the intersection of material, machine and maker. The technological marvel is the world’s first molten ...

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What do personalized messages in cups of latté have in common with the world’s biggest glass printer? Both were created with technology developed at Hebrew University, and licensed by Yissum, Hebrew U ...

How hot does your 3D printer’s hot end get? Most low cost printers heat up to 240°C (464°F) at the most because they contain PEEK which starts to get soft if you go much higher. Even a metal hot end ...

To make a great pizza, you need an oven temperature around 700 degrees Fahrenheit. To melt thermoplastics, like most of today’s fused filament 3-D printers, you want just over 220 degrees Fahrenheit.

It looks like something straight out of a fairytale yet these stunning glass sculptures haven't been sculpted or blown, but created using breakthrough 3D printing. The technique, which can create ...