If you want smooth top surfaces on your 3D printed parts, a common technique is to turn on ironing in your slicer. This causes the head to drag through the top of the part, emitting a small amount ...

U.S. politicians' attempts to ban or control 3D printed guns will be just as unsuccessful as Soviet attempts to restrict ...

Functional 3D prints can replace small purchases by fixing, upgrading, and adapting everyday gear you already own.

Anthony Palumbo and Charles Goulding analyze Boston Scientific’s US$14.5 billion acquisition of Penumbra, showing how additive manufacturing can accelerate thrombectomy and neurovascular innovation ...

Turn your 3D printer in an automation hub.

U.S. states are starting to introduce new bills aimed at stopping people from making 3D-printed “ghost” guns, but not everyone is on board. In a series of blog posts, the open-source hardware company ...

When 3D printers first arrived, the reality sadly often fell short of the sci-fi dream that these kinds of products promised to their owners. Early models weren't reliable at all, forcing their users ...

ALBANY — In her latest bid to quell the tide of 3D-printed ghost guns in New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed regulations on the printing machines themselves. But whether any regulation could ...

A novel method has enabled scientists to 3D-print structures into live cells, paving the way for a new class of intracellular bioengineering tools and applications. In a first, scientists from the ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York would become the first state to require manufacturers of 3D printers to block production of guns and gun parts under new legislation Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed Wednesday.

The Wild West era of 3D printing, which early adopters like me have enjoyed for so long, is fading away. But as the industry grows, that's not a bad thing. I’m the deputy managing editor of the ...