D printers are affordable enough that almost anyone can buy one, but should you? Before you dive in, here's what to ...

You don't have to own a 3D printer to benefit from one. Many 3D printing services, such as Shapeways and Sculpteo, print gifts and other small items on order on their own 3D printers, then ship ...

Components used in a 3D printer that could be used on future missions to Mars were developed by scientists at a Bedfordshire university. Cranfield University helped to develop the 3D printer in ...

Researchers have created microscale robots less than 1 millimeter in size that are printed as a 2D hexagonal 'metasheet' but, with a jolt of electricity, morph into preprogrammed 3D shapes and crawl.

In an experiment that sounds about as safe as bobbing for fries, ESA carried out the first-ever 3D metal printing in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Built with Airbus ...

Polypropylene (PP) is a thermoplastic that has a number of properties that sets it apart from other thermoplastics which see common use with 3D printing, including PLA, ABS and nylon (PA).

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Construction is leveraging 3D printing technology to slash construction timelines by up to 50 per cent, according to MV Satish, Executive Committee Member and Advisor to the ...