Have you ever imagined turning your ideas into physical objects with just a few clicks? Thanks to tools like Tinkercad, what once seemed like science fiction is now an accessible reality for anyone ...

Frank is a social media journalist for the CDW family of technology magazine websites. Part of the appeal of 3D printing is witnessing ideas come to life. As the technology becomes less expensive, ...

3D printing is the process of making three-dimensional objects by laying thin layers of material on top of one another. Each layer is so thin that the height is barely detectable by the human eye. In ...

Using off-the-shelf electronic components, a Raspberry Pi, and a 3D printer, it's possible to build your own working miniature classic Mac. Here's how. There is a lot of overlap between the maker ...

Rocket engineering is shifting from painstaking machining and welding to a world where engines and tanks emerge from printers ...

To get a snapshot of where 3D printing technology is today, we talked with Kent Firestone, COO of Stratasys Direct Manufacturing. 3D printing is maturing rapidly with advances in materials and methods ...

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) says it recently published an updated standard based largely on research by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and it ...

Can you imagine being able to prototype a piece of furniture at the touch of a button and testing it in just a few hours? This might become a common practice sooner than we may think. Fueled by ...

3D printing, or additive manufacturing as it’s sometimes called, is poised to change the world as we know it. Many have hailed the technology as the coming of the third industrial revolution. That’s ...