In 2024, the University of Maine unveiled the world’s largest 3D printer, which can print objects up to 29 meters long.

Researchers have developed the first binder-free method for 3D printing glass, using light to trigger a chemical reaction ...

At 3D Printopia, the East Coast's largest 3D printing show, Tobin and Joel Telling, the 3D printing Nerd himself, announced ...

A jointed, poseable cartoon insect 3D printed from a digital design that didn't originally have joints. Researchers are working on programs that would allow people to print more sophisticated objects ...

On a recent weekday in a sunny, computer-strewn classroom at the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts in Hot Springs, one of teacher Nicholas Seward’s printers was busily whirring ...

People are increasingly turning to software to design complex material structures like airplane wings and medical implants. But as design models become more capable, our fabrication techniques haven't ...

Photocurable 3D printing, widely used for everything from dental treatments to complex prototype manufacturing, is fast and ...

Explore the future of 3D printing: smarter, faster, and more precise technology solving challenges like material waste and quality issues.

To dramatically increase coral survival rates, scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine ...

The main mechanical tools in a hacker’s shop used to be a drill press and a lathe. Maybe a CNC mill, if you were lucky. Laser cutters are still a rare tool to find in a personal shop, but today’s ...

We have coffee makers that can make a cup of joe right out of the box. We have smartphones that require little to no setup when bought new. We have printers that are ...

In the late 2010s, the Ender 3 printers were arguably the most popular line of 3D printers worldwide, and for good reason.