3D printing is used to create jewelry, furniture, tools, prosthetics, hearing aids, foods and even toys. Here's how you can make your own 3D-printed toys.

For 3D printing a part or a functional prototype, all you need to get correct is the design file. The most popular design file format is the STL file. And although it’s not very tricky to create ...

Explore the top 5 videos of August, from injection molds and printer motion systems to 3D printed homes, animation, and tech for children.

If you’re using a 3D printer, you’ll need something to print. There are a wide variety of 3D-printable models to choose from online, but if you want to make something truly your own, you’ll ...

3D printers are capable of producing complex shapes, but making functioning objects from multiple materials in a single print-run has proved challenging. To overcome this, a team has combined ...

How do you 3D-print without a 3D printer? If you don't own a 3D printer, you can still 3D print any 3D model you found through a database or designed through a software tool.

Charles walks us through his method of making a batch of ABS Juice which promotes less warping and better print adhesion to the printing surface.

How do 3D printers work? What's the impact on our economy? How expensive are they compared to traditional manufacturing? We take a three-dimensional look at the world of additive manufacturing.

One of the major obstacles to the adoption of 3D printing in many markets has been the variability of its output — in terms of dimensional accuracy and material properties such as porosity ...

A UB team of biomedical engineers, neurosurgeons and cardiovascular interventionalists has developed a way to generate 3D prints of the human vascular system, giving surgeons pre-surgical, hands-on ...

A rural school district in Pennsylvania has recently announced a new project that utilizes 3D printing to improve music ...