Boring 3D prints like brackets, clips, spacers, and replacement parts can make a printer feel more useful than flashy novelty ...

The toys are fun, but the real magic of a 3D printer starts when something breaks, and you don’t have to buy the whole thing ...

At the beginning of 2019, I purchased a Creality CR-10S S5 3D printer to make prototype parts for a motorcycle engine design I’ve been working on for decades (Fig. 1). 1. A redesigned Sportster ...

Throughout history, when pioneers set out across uncharted territory to settle in distant lands, they carried with them only the essentials: tools, seeds and clothing. Anything else would have to come ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the recent development of the RepRap, an open-source self-replicating rapid prototyper, that can make itself by printing its ...

Military demands for 3D printing are sharply increasing across all domains, with potential to change not only logistics but how operations are fought.