That was the idea behind his original head (amame) headphones: a DIY kit people buy to produce custom headphones printed at ...

Researchers at the University of Washington have been developing a way for 3D-printed plastic objects to transmit data without the need for embedded batteries or electronics. Last year, they showed ...

Depending on where you live, accessing a 3D printer might be simpler than you expect. A nearby public library should be your ...

One firearms expert suggested that even the best 3D-printed guns might only fire “five shots [before] blowing up in your hand.” A weapon with a design or printing defect might blow up or come apart in ...

You may one day be able to change the color of your favorite shirt or bracelet to match the rest of your outfit. New research from MIT released on Monday details a method called ColorFab for ...

To work toward getting around this issue, researchers used parabolic flights to simulate microgravity conditions, then 3D ...

Multi-material 3D printing combines the functional properties of different materials (e.g., mechanical, electrical, color) within a single object that is fabricated without manual assembly. However, ...

While consumer-grade 3D printers may be adequate for making things like models or curios, they're not always up to the task of creating objects that stand up to real-world use. That could be about to ...

We have all spent a wasted day shopping, or worse, regretting our purchases. You often can’t find a pair of jeans that fit perfectly or a lamp that matches the fuchsia stripes on your wall. Wouldn’t ...

As more and more products are manufactured via 3D printing, the potential for inferior-quality 3D-printed counterfeit versions of those products rises accordingly. With that in mind, scientists have ...

Hackers and makers see the desktop 3D printer as something close to a dream come true, a device that enables automated small-scale manufacturing for a few hundred dollars. But it’s not unreasonable to ...