Clear acrylic panels have long been a mainstay of 3D printer enclosure designs, but they can also add significant cost in terms of money, shipping, weight, and hassle. An alternative material worth ...

The future looks brighter for plastic exterior vehicle parts as automakers intensify their search for weight-saving ideas. After suffering a blow nearly a decade ago, when General Motors abandoned its ...

Textures can calm us, bring warmth or even guide us. They elicit our sense of touch and also affect us visually. This is because lights and shadows tend to form in relation to the irregularities and ...

Lots of cars these days come with dozens of speakers to pump music into passengers' ears. But those speakers are heavy, and take up lots of space. That's why Continental just devised a speaker-less ...

Recycled-content building products maker says its Polygood panel material is providing a growing market for plastic scrap. Good Plastic Co. says its new Translucent Collection is made from clear CD ...

Bottled drinks and ready meals could soon be delivered using trucks made from their recycled packaging thanks to a two year project funded by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) that has ...

Chrysler's latest concept car (figure 1)might look like your average urban runabout, but even just a cursory tap on the bodywork will tell you that this vehicle is something different. For although ...