A portion of a 3D-printed vase from Shapeways. See the blog post (linked to below) for a full photo. [Photo: Shapeways] Last week, GeekTech bought you the story of the awesome Lego 3D scanner, which ...

Although we tend to think of 3D printers as high-tech toys, most of them are not especially powerful in the brain department. There are some exceptions, but most 3D printers run on either an 8-bit ...

3D printing is all well and good for making low numbers of units, so long as they’re small enough to print in a reasonable time, but what if you want to go really big? Does a 35-hour print time sound ...

James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser ...

Achieving good quality 3D prints always came at the cost of speed, which used to be OK, because a 14-hour print job was better than the days it would take and the sums of money it would cost to get ...

The term "March Madness" apparently applies to competition among 3D printing companies as well as to college basketball teams. 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) announced on Mondaythat it recently shipped its ...

A Walt Disney patent application for 3D printing technology that's reportedly up to 100 times or more faster than leading commercialized technologies was published in late April. This doesn't mean the ...

James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser ...

State University of New York (SUNY) Canton Professor Matthew Burnett has been making face shield components to help medical staff protect themselves against COVID-19 as they deal with a deluge of ...