You can see more great feature articles in the latest issue of our monthly digital edition. 3D printing dates to the 1990s. The earliest 3D printers were designed for rapid prototyping for industry.

That librarian was Dorothy Ogdon, head of Emerging Technology and System Development for UAB Libraries, who presides over two of the most heavily trafficked 3D-printing labs on campus. So when she ...

Learn how 3D printing is pushing the boundaries of RC car design with innovative mechanics, speed, and problem-solving ...

For all its innovation and ingenuity, 3D printers certainly aren’t perfect. Aside from the occasional misprint or jammed extruder, perhaps the biggest thing holding 3D-printing back from becoming ...

Think 3D printers are just for making Yoda heads and Starship Enterprise replicas? From working tweezers to iPhone cases, we printed some genuinely useful objects easily. You can too. Since 2004, I ...

We’ve often thought that 3D printers make excellent school projects. No matter what a student’s interests are: art, software, ...

NASHUA – For those curious creators eager to learn how to navigate the digital playground of 3D printing, Make It Labs has just the class to get you started. On Sunday, electronic engineer Paul Hardin ...

It's not that I don't use my microwave, but my 3D printers are active much more of the time than the kitchen appliance.

The 3D-printed concrete barracks requires a crew of only three trained workers during construction, though for continuous printing, about three shifts of crews are required to avoid burnout. Photo by ...

Beyond the ever-dropping cost of 3D printers themselves, one of the biggest perceived barriers of entry to 3D printing is the supposed difficulty of the design process. And, make no mistake: if you're ...

A 3D printer cannot make any object on demand like the "Star Trek" replicators of science fiction. But a growing array of 3D printing machines has already begun to revolutionize the business of making ...

You can see more great feature articles in the latest issue of our monthly digital edition. 3D printing dates to the 1990s. The earliest 3D printers were designed for rapid prototyping for industry.