From fidget spinners to key holders, spiral vases to a Marvel Ironman mask, finding cool things to 3D print is easy and readily available on the web. It may be too easy. While this column usually ...

Personal 3D printers have become more accessible than ever, with various brands offering all kinds of models. Even if you can ...

Owning a 3D printer brings your ideas to life, turning them into tangible objects before your eyes. If you’ve just bought one, welcome to a world of endless creativity and innovation — but be prepared ...

James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser ...

Part of the fun of 3D printing is discovering just how many possibilities there are for different things to print. Obviously, they’re fun for printing toys or decorations that you couldn’t or wouldn’t ...

Inspired by Star Trek’s “replicator,” a machine capable of synthesizing objects on demand, researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the University of California, Berkeley, ...

Laser printing of metals has proven itself as a viable manufacturing process. No longer just for "impossible to machine" or waifish parts where material characteristics were the design feature needed ...

Rockport resident Elias Brainard, 12, looks at a 3D printer during West Virginia University at Parkersburg’s Teen 3D Printing Academy Saturday. (Photo by Michelle Dillon) PARKERSBURG — Area teens had ...