An enthusiast has created a 3D printer out of Lego bricks that actually works and even printed a Benchy when testing.

A functional 25-horsepower outboard motor is one of the boldest examples of what 3D printing enthusiasts can accomplish. This project goes far beyond novelty or display. It is designed to handle the ...

Discover five innovative Kickstarter campaigns that use 3D printing. See what's new in the makers' world of AM!

So when she reached out with an offer to connect the Reporter with people doing interesting things using 3D printing across UAB, we jumped at the chance. Here is a look at how staff, students and ...

I can think of numerous art projects that use 3D printers, some of which you can find in The Invent To Learn Guide to 3D Printing in the Classroom, a book I co-authored. Literature: Suppose a student ...

3D printers have forever changed the hardware hacker movement. From the original RepRap project on up through current commercial offerings, 3D printers have become an indispensable tool for ...

Most 3D-printed houses we cover are either arranged on one floor or have an upper floor added later using a timber shell.

In rapidly aging societies like Japan, the simple act of swallowing meals can be challenging for many. This condition, known ...

Another mechanism to measure the popularity of 3D printing in its variety of forms can be found by looking at how popular these sorts of projects are on the Kickstarter crowd-funding platform. Without ...

Since 3D printers have arrived and been available to purchase by consumers, it has always been joked that a 3D printer could be used to create a copy of itself, although this is still a little far ...

An innovative initiative puts networked 3D printers into the hands of 300 producers to boost their own businesses, while serving as an emergency device supply chain for crisis situations.

The big change happened around 2008, when the RepRap project resulted in open-source designs that allowed anyone to build their own self-replicating 3D printer. These primitive systems could be built ...