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 ...

In the 21st century, 3D printing has become commonplace. Nowadays, few people remember that the first object printed using ...

Rich Lehrer knew that 3D printers could do more than spit out keychains and Yoda heads. In 2013, he led a group of eighth graders at the Brookwood School in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts that ...

Located in the Whirlpool Building on the Chicago River sits a small shop that helps explain 3D printing to residents and tourists walking about the Windy City. The 3D Printer Experience in Chicago ...

D printer filaments used as ink have progressed to the point where you can print almost anything with the right one — ...

Using computer-aided design, 3D printing builds an item up layer by layer in a very precise fashion. Initially, plastics and metal powders were used as the feedstock for the process, but now resins, ...

Using an audio means to create PR for a highly visual product? When I met Tom and Tracy Hazzard recently, they piqued my interested when they told me how they’ve used a podcast as the crux of their ...

Ink stamps can be fun to make and use, and 3D printers are uniquely positioned to create quality stamps of all kinds with just a little care. As with most things, the devil is in the details and the ...

The movie Back to the Future showed us cars hovering in air in an idea of what 2015 would look like. Now in 2016, we see our cars still bound to the earth. However, when the movie was made, in 1985, ...

Capriole, ensemble, July 2011. 3D-printed polyamide. In collaboration with Isaie Bloch and Materialise. Groninger Museum. Photo by Ingrid Baars © Iris van Herpen ...