I’m an enthusiastic advocate of 3D printing and its immense potential across industries. But the technology hasn’t taken off as fast as other developments in recent decades. Just a few years ago, 3D ...

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

When slicing a model for 3D printing, the part is divided into a stack of flat, 2D layers. But there’s an alternative in the form of non-planar slicing, where the layers can follow 3D curves. [Rene K.

Historied architecture studio Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo (WATG) has designed what it says will be the world's first freeform 3D-printed house. Its arch-based "Curve Appeal" design will be made a ...

M NSF grant empowers multi-directional 3D printing, with final products bending and curving like the grains of wood.

Thanks to the advent of 3D printing, the doors to creativity have been flung wide open. Nowadays, anybody with $200 to spare can get their hands on a machine that allows them to fabricate just about ...

Build volume refers to the maximum size of an object that the 3D printer can create. It’s usually measured in millimeters (mm ...

A look at how UMaine’s massive polymer 3D printer is transforming nuclear reactor construction by cutting costs and improving ...