Since its founding in 2013, The Ocean Cleanup has carried out extensive research and simulations, embarked on several large-scale plastic-reconnaissance expeditions, and learned from prototype-testing ...

Lego is finally on its way to making its iconic toy bricks more sustainable. The toymaker unveiled this week a prototype brick made entirely of recycled plastic — but it's not yet available in stores.

A critical phase during product design and development is verification of your design. Design verification can be attained either by simulation or prototyping. Prototyping is usually the preferred ...

"So essentially what we're trying to do now is really combine science, technology, innovation, and business." Researchers ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Lego has ...

Technology in the display market is evolving all the time. One of the most interesting technologies in the market are flexible displays that allow the creation of curved signage. Those flexible ...

Mondi Group, a Vienna-based packaging and paper company, led Project Proof, a pioneer project facilitated by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF), Isle of Wight, U.K. The project has created a ...

Melker of Sweden's new Värmdö kayak. Prototypes are how companies measure if a new product will sink or swim. At Melker of Sweden, a sport kayak maker, they take this product development stage quite ...

The ZBuilder Ultra makes high-end functional plastic prototypes. The unit is said to rival injection molding’s accuracy, material properties, detail, and surface finish. The machine lets users verify ...

ONE plastic model is worth 40 lb of blueprints and 40 hr of the explaining that goes along with the prints, according to engineers who have worked with the new plastic "toys" which can serve as ...

A design aid from Proto Labs called the “Protogami” consists of six tetrahedra, each of which holds four flat black triangles made from a particular resin. Balancing the conflicting demands of design ...

The Lego Group is one step closer to reaching its goal of making all its products from sustainable material by 2030. A one-liter plastic PET bottle provides enough raw material for 10 2 x 4 LEGO ...