When people are dropped into the most dangerous of conditions – as when disaster strikes, or during exploration of another ...

Overhangs are the bane of the melty-plastic 3D printing world. Often, we try to avoid them with creative print alignments, or we compensate with supports. However, [3DPrintBunny] decided to embrace ...

MIT researchers have developed a new method for designing 3D structures that can be transformed from a flat configuration ...

University of Texas student Sean Riley needed a violin to play a particular piece of music, but not one with the customary four strings. The piece called for an instrument with six strings. But ...

Check this: A 3D-printer lays down string in a looping pattern, and loose gravel is poured on top. This is repeated until a 13-foot tall column is filled with rocks and string. Pull away the supports ...

Get practical ideas for printing everyday tools and home upgrades that'll actually make your 3D printer worth the space it ...

When a user pulls the string, the structure moves smoothly into its final 3D form. If the user releases the string, the ...

Yesterday, MakerBot announced the availability of its new Digitizer 3D Desktop Scanner. The concept is definitely a cool one: Take an object that’s up to 8 inches tall and 8 inches wide (and up to 6.6 ...

SLOWLY but surely the sole of a shoe emerges from a bowl of liquid resin, as Excalibur rose from the enchanted lake. And, just as Excalibur was no ordinary sword, this is no ordinary sole. It is light ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A 3D printer cannot make any object on demand like the "Star Trek" replicators of science fiction ...