Michigan Tech 3-D Printer Recycling Effort Wins $25K Ford Grant

HOUGHTON — “It’s an octopus,” says Open Source Hardware Enterprise team member Ian Peoples, holding up a previously finished model as a nearby 3-D printer nozzle continues to lay down heated plastic filament in precise, fractional increments. Fellow team member Lucas Wilder proffers a blue bust of Yoda, further evidence of how 3-D printer stock,