From fidget spinners to key holders, spiral vases to a Marvel Ironman mask, finding cool things to 3D print is easy and readily available on the web. It may be too easy. While this column usually ...

A lot of it comes down to special materials called piezoelectrics. Now, imagine being able to 3D print these materials into ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Michael Patton is co-founder and CEO of Texas-based Medical Innovation Labs. The recent and successful human implantation of a 3D-printed vertebra at Peking University in China ...

3D printing is a process used to create an object by sequentially adding build material in successive cross-sections, one stacked upon another. It is a form of additive manufacturing. Once considered ...

One of the coolest things about 3D printing is that the devices have allowed individual users to build their own gadget accessories. Before the era of 3D printing, building your own charging stand for ...

This week, Hackaday’s Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos met up across the universe to bring you the latest news, mystery sound, and of course, a big bunch of hacks from the previous week. In Hackaday ...

Emerging Objects, frontrunners in the 3D printing industry, has developed a 3D-printed ceramic “Cool Brick” that uses nothing but water to cool homes in hot, dry climates. This is the first project of ...

It’s pretty wild how much plastic waste we generate, right? It feels like it’s everywhere. But what if we could actually use ...

FDM 3D prints might be coming home this holiday as seasonal ornaments, but with a few tweaks, they may even stand up to the tests of the real world as functional prototypes. Heat-Set inserts are one ...

For modeling software, I use Solidworks. It is the easiest 3D CAD package I have used, but I might be biased since I have been using it professionally for 15 years now. Click to expand... SW is great ...

Frank is a social media journalist for the CDW family of technology magazine websites. Welcome to the future, where delicious ice cream can be printed by a machine. MIT professor John Hart's additive ...