Building with 3D printers has matured rapidly in recent years, as advances in technology and material science allow for grander and more ambitious designs. The potential uses are also increasingly ...

For a couple of years now, I’ve been trying to find an excuse to buy a decent 3D printer. Friends and fellow Ars staffers who had them would gush about them at every opportunity, talking about how ...

This is not meant to discourage you from joining the growing 3D printing community. It’s a practical look at what beginners ...

With a small arsenal of 3D printers in his lab, he thought what a good project it would be to print a functional rubber hand ...

Researchers have demonstrated the first chip-based 3D printer, a tiny device that emits reconfigurable beams of visible light into a well of resin that rapidly cures into a solid shape. The advance ...

In 2013, a significant milestone in digital fabrication was achieved. Architects Michael Hansmeyer and Benjamin Dillenburger ...

Maggie Grout was born in a rural village in Dawu County, Hubei, in China. When she was just a few days old, an orphanage worker found her abandoned in a basket. Grout was adopted when she was around ...

Murray Leinster’s short story Things Pass By, published in 1945, includes what may be the first description of 3D printers: But this constructor is both efficient and flexible. I feed magnetronic ...

Formlabs released a new 3D printer to the public on Wednesday. The $4,500 Form 4 printer is already being used at Microsoft, Ford, NASA, and even at dentists’ offices. The company claims that anyone ...

For the disabled community, 3D printing is far more than a nerdy hobby—it can give you tailor-made tools that transform daily tasks The author, who has a disability that limits the use of her arms, ...