Filabot promises to help turn your plastic crap into 3-D printed fanciness, alleviating one of the biggest sustainability problems for 3-D printing. Just over a year ago, Tyler McNaney was on break ...

If 3D printers were to ever become a household item, a device like the Filabot may play a big role in making it happen. Conceived by 34-year-old Tyler McNaney, the unglamorously industrial prototype ...

Desktop 3D printers have hit price-points that make them as affordable as color laser printers. But they also share the same problem – replacing the printing medium costs an arm and a leg. A kilogram ...

A common criticism of 3D printing is this: how much more plastic junk do we need in this world? Filabot, a Kickstarted device that turns household and printed plastic into printable filament, might ...

Side view of the Filabot, a machine that could make it a lot easier to recycle household plastic into something immediately useable and useful. Image Credits: Filabot 3D printing, or additive ...

A fascinating project is making the rounds this weekend that could change the way we think of 3D printers. The Filabot is a robot that can turn scrap plastic into 3D printer filament, thereby allowing ...

Now there’s yet another option for making your own 3D printer filament: the Filabot Wee. It looks like their once open source model that they pulled from Thinigiverse earlier this year has received a ...

L’impression 3D, c’est LE truc en vogue depuis plusieurs mois. Révolution des Makers oblige, les garages modernes appelé « Fab Lab » se multiplient un peu partout dans le monde, et les plus geeks ...

DIY desktop 3D-printers may be taking off, with basic flatpack models available for as little as £250, but the printing material itself still has a hefty price tag. A 1kg spool of plastic filament – ...

Un jeune étudiant a conçu Filabot, une machine capable de recycler certains matériaux plastiques pour les transformer en filament pour créer des objets à partir d une imprimante 3D. Voici une ...

L’impression 3D, c’est LE truc en vogue depuis plusieurs mois. Révolution des Makers oblige, les garages modernes appelé « Fab Lab » se multiplient un peu partout dans le monde, et les plus geeks ...