While many will no doubt know 3D printers can be used to make small plastic objects that are useful for rapid prototyping, the technology is increasingly being used on a much larger, more permanent ...

All machines which use RepRap as their basis are designed around two parts. The print bed is the level surface on which a model will be created, one two-dimensional layer at a time. Above the print ...

3D printers are no longer gigantic DIY monstrosities that you have to assemble yourself, but they are far from being a consumer-ready solution -- until now, perhaps. One of the biggest names in power ...

Mr Logtenberg is the co-founder of CEAD, a company that designs and builds large-format 3D printers at its base in the Dutch ...

Wow, building a precision 3d printer is amazingly easy if you can get your hands on an industrial-quality robot arm. [Dane] wrote in to tell us about this huge extruder printer made from an ’80s-era ...

A hotel company in Texas is building hotel units with a 3D printer. Builders say the technology allows for much more creativity than traditional construction. But if the technology expands, experts ...

Build Volume: This is just the maximum size of the object you can print. A common size is around 220x220x250mm, which is plenty for most projects. Don’t feel like you need a giant printer; you can ...

Mosquitoes live almost everywhere on Earth and are easy to rear. The team estimates that organic 3D printing nozzles made ...