3D printing is still kind of a niche thing; a mysterious and complicated dark alley of the whole maker movement seemingly kept behind a gated wall of complexity, janky hardware and imposing lingo and ...

Murray Leinster’s short story Things Pass By, published in 1945, includes what may be the first description of 3D printers: But this constructor is both efficient and flexible. I feed magnetronic ...

While most 3D glass printing methods require energy-intensive use of chemical binders, Hebrew University team develops less ...

Imagine your imagination. Imagine being able to build the items that you see in your mind’s eye in 3D space, using gestures and a pen. Then imagine being able to bring those creations into the real ...

For a long time, 3D printing has been predominantly male. That's changing, though, and it's for the better. James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s.

[Credit: Objet] 3D printers are becoming steadily more capable, but few can match the sheer resolution and flexibility of the Objet Connex printer. Not only does it print our super-detailed objects, ...

Load up the filament, transfer your slices … the best 3D printers under $1000 have all the tools that most makers will need to give form to their visions. You might be a hobbyist separately printing ...

It took Scott a while to buy a 3D printer because one can cost anywhere from $1,500 to $100,000, but he managed to get one for his 21st birthday. After a while, he decided to tinker and ultimately ...

3D printing is really friggin’ cool, but promises that we’d all have one in our homes by now have turned out to be less than true. Fortunately, you don’t need one of your own to bring your imaginary ...