To create functional press brake tools, prioritizing wall thickness over infill can be more effective. Thicker walls offer ...

D printing creates solid objects from the additive process of layering plastics, metal, wood, synthetic fibers, and more.

EPFL scientists have created a breakthrough 3D printing method that uses hydrogels as templates to produce ultra-dense, ...

Art, sculptures and even mass-produced objects are often built to last. Ancient Greek sculptures from thousands of years ago may have lost their color (and sometimes a few limbs) but are otherwise in ...

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 ...

Scientists are harnessing cells to make new types of materials that can grow, repair themselves and even respond to their environment. These solid “engineered living materials” are made by embedding ...

Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) 3D printers which squirt out molten plastic layer by layer are by far the most popular type in general use. Most machines extrude plastic through a nozzle above print ...

The designers mimicked the structures in certain bones to increase the surface area of the bridge, which also increased the ...

Microrobots, small robotic systems that are less than 1 centimeter (cm) in size, could tackle some real-world tasks that ...

Although the cost of 3D printers continues to drop so that more people have them in their homes, it’s not like most homes have one. But innovative minds keep turning out new and improved 3D printers, ...