Industrial 3D printing goes skateboarding

(Michigan Technological University) Plastic pulled from the waste stream can find new use with the Gigabot X, an open source industrial 3D printer. A team from Michigan Tech shows how three Gigabot-printed sporting goods -- skateboard decks, kayak paddles and snowshoes -- can help burgeoning makerspaces and fab labs economically sustain their 3D printing centers.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news