Researchers at TU Delft have combined origami techniques and 3-D printing to create flat structures that can fold themselves into 3-D structures like tulips. The structures self-fold according to a ...

Which cheap 3D printer is best? Contemporary desktop 3D printers are complex, expensive machines, with higher-quality models costing hundreds of dollars or more. However, there are a few cheap 3D ...

A decade or so ago, dot matrix printers were all the rage. Ranging in price from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars, dot matrix printers (those over 30 can skip this part) actually branded paper ...

Berkeley -- A new 3D printer uses light to transform gooey liquids into complex solid objects in only a matter of minutes. Nicknamed the "replicator" by the inventors -- after the Star Trek device ...

3D printing started out as a movement that democratized the production process away from big businesses and into small groups and even individuals. Naturally, over time, the benefits and savings of 3D ...

Researchers have created software and hardware for a 4D printer with applications in the biomedical field. In addition to 3D printing, this machine allows for controlling extra functions: programming ...

Ordinarily, if you want to change the shape in which an object is 3D-printed, you have to alter the computer model that tells the printer what to do. A new and simpler technique, however, allows the ...

Ford today said it will be the first automaker to test a new 3D printer that can build parts of unlimited size. The company is also testing the printer to make prototypes of one-piece auto parts that ...