For a couple of years now, I’ve been trying to find an excuse to buy a decent 3D printer. Friends and fellow Ars staffers who had them would gush about them at every opportunity, talking about how ...

In the 21st century, 3D printing has become commonplace. Nowadays, few people remember that the first object printed using ...

Step into the world of superheroes by crafting your own Iron Man Mark VII suit using 3D printing! Learn how to design, print, ...

With a small arsenal of 3D printers in his lab, he thought what a good project it would be to print a functional rubber hand ...

The community of Georgetown, Texas, recently hit headlines for its new neighborhood of 3D-printed homes, Wolf Ranch, which is approaching completion. The eye-opening announcement may have made many ...

Murray Leinster’s short story Things Pass By, published in 1945, includes what may be the first description of 3D printers: But this constructor is both efficient and flexible. I feed magnetronic ...

Building with 3D printers has matured rapidly in recent years, as advances in technology and material science allow for grander and more ambitious designs. The potential uses are also increasingly ...

The same 3D printers that can generate car parts and jewelry are also being used to create small plastic blocks that transform pistols into machine guns, federal prosecutors in Texas warned Monday as ...