We continue our DIY-IT discovery series on 3D printing by exploring how to download and print 3D objects from the Internet. If you can download a file, and you have a little patience, you can do this.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a specialized 3D printer that utilizes food ...

A young innovator in Senegal recycles plastic into 3D printer filament — making tools and garden gear, while promoting climate action and waste reduction. Army reveals the real cost of Trump’s ...

But if we do find a way to 3D print objects using locally sourced materials, the possibilities are endless. The tech could make living on the Moon a whole lot easier — and maybe a tiny bit less ...

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3D printing can be useful if you need a simple object or a replacement part, but making anything complex usually requires you add some non-printed materials.

Here are 5 startups that are making 3D printing useful today: Zverse What many don’t realize is that long before 3D printers are able to produce their masterpieces, there must be a strong ...

There’s one area of 3D printing that hasn’t seen as much progress, and it’s the software stack. Slicing, the process of turning a 3D object into a Gcode file for a printer has been basically ...

That is part of a larger NIH 3D Print Exchange library, which contains all kinds of interesting medical and biological-related objects for government scientists to study.