A new online factory streamlines the production of custom parts by letting customers drive the process from their own computers. eMachineShop, which opened its virtual doors June 21 at ...

It’s the Internet Revolution meets the Industrial Revolution: a new program that lets people design 3-D objects like car parts and door knobs in metal or plastic and then order them online. Programs ...

So we all love rapid prototyping, the idea that we could design something in 3D on our computer – like a pair of pliers, let’s say – and then just print it out using a machine right in our office. And ...