Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. When does a toy stop ...

Cheap, plastic toys—no manufacturer necessary. The 2020 toy and game market is projected to be $135 billion, and 3-D printing brings those profits home. People have scoffed that 3-D printers are ...

Jenn Chin and Ben Baltes present Toybox Labs on Shark Tank. Pic credit: ABC/Eric McCandless We’ve all seen 3-D printers, but did you know you can own one and make toys with it? Toybox Labs is arriving ...

Tank printers are a subset of inkjet printers. They use the same kind of ink and provide the same level of quality, but the ink is contained in tanks instead of replaceable cartridges. Color ink tank ...

It began with a moment of frustration and curiosity. In 2016, Rahul Chandalia walked into a tech exhibition in Mumbai and saw a 3D printer priced between Rs 15,000 to Rs 20 lakh. “It struck me that ...

People have scoffed that 3-D printers are simply toys themselves. But they probably didn't realize how much money is made off playthings. Do-it-yourself manufacturing -- making goods at home with a ...

Just a few years ago, the idea of kid-friendly 3D printers made for a pretty good April Fools' joke. Well, reality has caught up to the punchline. In February, Mattel launched its $300 ThingMaker, a ...