To work toward getting around this issue, researchers used parabolic flights to simulate microgravity conditions, then 3D ...

3D models drawn in Blender work great in a computer animated virtual world but don’t always when brought into a slicer for 3D printing. Slicers require something which makes sense in the real world.

Netflix-style 3D printer platforms like Printables eliminate design barriers with millions of downloadable models, turning ...

One of the great things about 3D printers is the fact that they allow anyone to become a manufacturer of small items. Unfortunately, however, they don't allow anyone to become a competent structural ...

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a way for 3D-printed plastic objects to transmit information via WiFi without the help of batteries or electronics. And they show that it can ...

The first 3D printer in space housed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has run off its first object. The item was a faceplate embossed with "NASA and Made In Space, Inc" and is part of a ...

We're not saying that the AtmosFlare 3D Pen Set is the coolest thing you'll ever see in your entire life, but we're also not not saying that the AtmosFlare 3D Pen Set is the coolest thing you'll ever ...

If 3D printing companies and government agencies hope to police the spread of dangerous or pirated digital shapes, their task is about to get much more complicated. Late last month Matthew ...

The International Space Station's newly-installed 3D printer made history on Tuesday by manufacturing the first object ever 3D printed in space. NASA's 3D printer was developed under a contract with ...

So first there was the online creation of pretty simple items like business cards and T-shirts – businesses which cut out the old middle-man way of doings things. Soon there will be a way to create ...