From smart printers to material innovations, stay ahead in 3D printing with these new gadgets that improve speed, quality, and versatility.

FreeCAD has been updated to version 1.1. The open-source 3D CAD tool has become increasingly popular in recent times, likely due to a combination of increasing use of desktop 3D printers and rising ...

Joe Hogan sees a lot of smiles. When people ask him where he works, he responds with “Align Technology,” which inevitably prompts the follow up: “What’s that?” It’s the $12 billion company behind ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. FDM and resin 3D printing have evolved rapidly over the last couple of years. Gone are the days of painstaking setup and leveling; the latest ...

In Pokémon Pokopia, you can make copies of items that you may not have the recipe for (or shop access to, since some of the items appear quite randomly). Once you make a Pokémon Center, you'll have ...

Have you ever considered how awesome it would be to 3D print your very own miniatures? We're talking proxies for Star Wars Legion and Warhammer to your custom D&D monsters or heroes via something like ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I realized this the hard way, after tons of failed prints, warping issues, clogged nozzles, and whatnot. To save you from these hassles, we've ...

What just happened? 3D printing has become very good at making shapes, but making complex machines with moving parts is where most printers tap out. MIT researchers, however, have developed a ...

I've been using 3D printing to make useful tools and accessories around my home for years, including for my Dyson vacuums. Here's how. Richard Baguley has been writing about technology for over 20 ...

You no longer need an engineering degree to print a Baby Yoda. A few years ago, 3D printing was a hobby defined by troubleshooting: leveling beds with sheets of paper, unclogging nozzles, and ...

A vast amount of our built environment is made of concrete. It’s largely affordable, durable and easy to make. It’s also responsible, by some estimates, for roughly 8% of global CO2 emissions. But the ...

While the United States has always been awash in firearms, a widening threat will endanger our communities even further: 3D printed ghost guns. What was once the “iron pipeline,” the interstate ...