MakePrintable, a new 3D printing site, does what it says on the tin. The service will take a 3D model – maybe one you scanned in or something you made – and modify it based on the type of printer, the ...

You may soon no longer need to master complicated design software to dive into 3D printing. Sixense Entertainment plans to launch a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign ...

3D models drawn in Blender work great in a computer animated virtual world but don’t always when brought into a slicer for 3D printing. Slicers require something which makes sense in the real world.

From mathematical cookie cutters to wormholes, we pick favourite 3D-printable objects. Also, download an exclusive New Scientist Christmas tree ornament – a snowflake inspired by simple fractals. … or ...

One of my first discoveries about 3D printing was the large number of mostly-free objects people have designed and made available for you to simply download and print. You don't have to have an iota ...

Virtual reality has become a great place to make things, and MakeVR is one of the apps that makes it possible. The VR app debuted recently on the HTC Vive VR headset, and it brings a greater degree of ...

One of the great things about 3D printers is the fact that they allow anyone to become a manufacturer of small items. Unfortunately, however, they don't allow anyone to become a competent structural ...

It's an AI-guided, user-intuitive product. Researchers develop game-changing 3D printer that creates household items from unexpected material: 'Accessible to everyone' first appeared on The Cool Down.

If 3D printing companies and government agencies hope to police the spread of dangerous or pirated digital shapes, their task is about to get much more complicated. Late last month Matthew ...

In the environment section of its iPhone Air press release this week, Apple revealed that the device is equipped with a ...

D printing has come a long way since its invention in 1983 by Chuck Hull, who pioneered stereolithography, a technique that ...

3D-printed lattice-like composites can be designed to detect their own strain, load and damage, according to the University of Glasgow. Crucially, the team has a complete theoretical model of the ...