3D printing was invented in the 80s, twenty years passed, patents expired, and then several diverse uses for 3D printing technology were found. As such, the tips and techniques for 3D printing — ...

What if a book could do more than just tell a story, what if it could move, teach, and inspire all at once? The 3D-printed mechanical book is not your average volume of pages. It’s a new fusion of ...

How exactly do you use 3D printing to assist in the extremely tedious and difficult art of leather book binding? It’s pretty simple actually — by 3D printing the title you want to emboss! [Luc Volders ...

"LEO the Maker Prince" by Carla Diana inspires children to use their MakerBots to make storybook characters into their very own 3D figures. Bonnie Burton Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, ...

Excerpted from Cosplay: A History - The Builders, Fans, and Makers Who Bring Your Favorite Stories to Life by Andrew Liptak, published by Simon & Schuster. © 2022 by ...

No matter how laborious the process, we’ll be seeing more of this experimentation in the publishing industry. Initially, it’s expensive for publishers to invest in something like a 3D-printed ...

Space.com sat down with authors Kimberly Arcand and Megan Watzke about how to hold the cosmos in your hand. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

The growing availability of 3D printers in schools, libraries and community Makerspaces enables Makers to create digital designs that can be readily shared online. We typically use Tinkercad or ...

Remember all those cynics predicting the death of the public library when this whole internet thing caught on and “e-books” became popular? Of course, there were also those forecasting $5 a gallon gas ...

IN THE small town of Fayetteville in northern New York, you’ll find the local library in an old furniture factory dating from the turn of the 20th century. The refurbished building retains hints of ...

It may seem distinctly low-tech compared to some of the many technology trends I write about, but 3D and 4D printing will have very wide applications – and could be particularly powerful when combined ...