What do you actually print? Even if you have the best 3D printer imaginable, without something cool to print, it's just a ...

You can see more great feature articles in the latest issue of our monthly digital edition. 3D printing dates to the 1990s. The earliest 3D printers were designed for rapid prototyping for industry.

Think 3D printers are just for making Yoda heads and Starship Enterprise replicas? From working tweezers to iPhone cases, we printed some genuinely useful objects easily. You can too. Since 2004, I ...

That librarian was Dorothy Ogdon, head of Emerging Technology and System Development for UAB Libraries, who presides over two of the most heavily trafficked 3D-printing labs on campus. So when she ...

This is the beginning of a series on practical prints for your 3D printer. Lots of people have seen 3D printers in action, but many of the prints are what can best be called novelty prints. They're ...

"What excites me most about this project is that this started with students who saw a problem and decided to solve it." ...

For all its innovation and ingenuity, 3D printers certainly aren’t perfect. Aside from the occasional misprint or jammed extruder, perhaps the biggest thing holding 3D-printing back from becoming ...

Beyond the ever-dropping cost of 3D printers themselves, one of the biggest perceived barriers of entry to 3D printing is the supposed difficulty of the design process. And, make no mistake: if you're ...

Multiple projects to be completed nationwide through first-of-its-kind partnership model with Hugg & Hall and FMGI ...

Once the stuff of science fiction, 3D printers are now mainstream tools for creation and innovation. These devices, which transform digital blueprints into physical objects, have dramatically evolved ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An author, speaker, and executive, I explore the world's industries. One core lesson from the medical supply chain fiasco early in ...

You can see more great feature articles in the latest issue of our monthly digital edition. 3D printing dates to the 1990s. The earliest 3D printers were designed for rapid prototyping for industry.