Optical filament sensor from the author’s Prusa i3 MK3 ... the company has since decided that the best way to combat jams and clogs is to produce their own in-house filament with higher physical ...

A temperature sensor may help you to find your filament’s melting point ... scraping away any excess so as to prevent printer jams. Done! Now, back to printing! Check out the tutorial video ...

Microtubules are the largest type of filament, with a diameter of about 25 nanometers (nm), and they are composed of a protein called tubulin. Actin filaments are the smallest type, with a ...

To celebrate the canon of all-time great sports anthems, Billboard presents our list of the 100 greatest jock jams of all time. By Billboard Staff What is a jock jam? Well, in the ’90s it was ...

We break down the pros and cons of the various types of 3D printing materials, from PETG to TPU, to help you figure out which filament is best for your prints. Since 2004, I have worked on PCMag ...

James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser ...

In a scientific breakthrough, an international research team has developed a quantum sensor capable of detecting minute magnetic fields at the atomic length scale. This pioneering work realizes a ...

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When you make your summer playlist, you'll surely load up on great new music, but no summer playlist is complete without some classic jams from the 1970s. It doesn't matter if it's rock ...

Another soluble filament is PVA (polyvinyl alcohol), which conveniently dissolves in water. PVA is odorless, nontoxic, and biodegradable. It has a low melting point, and can jam an extruder nozzle ...