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Best 3D printer deals: Start printing at home for $159
If you're looking to dive into the world of 3D printing, read on: We've got the best 3D printer deals right here.
The best 3D printers under $500
3D printer prices have had a dramatic drop recently, but cheap doesn’t mean it’s worth buying. Here are cheap 3D printers actually worth spending money on.
3D-printed eartips could mean way more comfortable and better-sounding earbuds
Most earbuds come with three sizes of eartips, but that doesn't guarantee a good fit. Soon, earbuds could come with 3D-printed eartips customized to your ears.
This house was 3D printed in 48 hours and finished in a week. Now, it’s for sale
Check out the first 3D-printed home for sale in the United State, a 1,400 square foot, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house in suburban New York.
Hit takers: The cutting-edge engineering making football helmets safer than ever
Helmet technology has come a long way since the leatherhead days of football. Today, materials science is driving a revolution in head protection tech
Ceramic ink could let doctors 3D print bones directly into a patient’s body
The future of surgery may include the 3D printing of bones, and it comes courtesy of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
The future of making stuff: Inside the evolution of 3D printing with Formlabs
Change is coming to 3D printing. After a big burst of innovation and creativity on the hardware side, many are now shifting focus to materials engineering.
Wild new 3D printer makes parts by sending titanium particles supersonic
Regular layer-by-layer 3D printing is old news compared to a new technique developed by an international team of engineers. Here's how it works.
GPS-tracking, 3D-printed decoy eggs can help root out illegal poachers
How do you make battling poachers more proactive and less reactive? With 3D-printed decoy eggs that reveal the whereabouts of thieves, of course.
Printable wood biopaste could be the sustainable future of 3D printing
Researchers may have found a way to make 3D printing a bit more environmentally friendly — by printing with a new wood-based biopaste material.
This startup says it will be 3D-printing entire houses within a year
Is 3D printing the future of housebuilding? It certainly will be if new startup Mighty Buildings, which launched from stealth mode this week, has its way.
Europe’s biggest 3D printer helps create an entire two-story house
Europe’s largest 3D printer was recently used to print an entire two-story house. Could this be the start of an affordable housing revolution? Some say yes.
Los Angeles-based Czinger is 3D-printing a 1,232-hp hybrid hypercar
Los Angeles-based Czinger is relying on 3D-printing to manufacture a plug-in hybrid hypercar with 1,232 horsepower on tap. This technology saves time and money.
This robotically built cabin offers a peek into the high-tech future of housing
Ashen Cabin is an experimental log cabin built with the aid of a giant 3D printer and construction robot. It may be the future of sustainable housing.
DIY ventilator plans are all over the internet, but is building one a good idea?
Even before the coronavirus brought the world to its knees, there were DIY ventilator blueprints on the internet. But how safe are they to build and use?
The 50-year old Silicon Valley lab that practically invented modern computing
Xerox PARC, the legendary Silicon Valley R&D lab, turns 50 years old in 2020. Here's what it's brought to the world of computing, and what it's up to today.
It’s time to enlist your 3D printer in the fight against coronavirus
It's easy to use your 3D printer to make personal protective equipment for coronavirus responders. Here's how.
3D printing lets hospitals make ventilator substitutes with common equipment
Belgian 3D printing company Materialise has developed a 3D-printable device that could help hospitals deal with the current shortage of much-needed ventilators.
Urine luck: Astronauts’ pee could be the secret ingredient to future moon bases
A mix of astronaut urine and moon dust could be used to create a material for 3D-printing future moon bases. It sounds crazy, but could make perfect sense.
How HP is using 3D printing to help fight the coronavirus
HP is providing healthcare workers with a dedicated website to find 3D printable designs like face shields, hands-free door openers, mask adjusters, and more.
3D-printed ventilator valves help out Italian hospital rocked by coronavirus
What do you do when a crucial component of a life-saving piece of medical equipment is in hopelessly short supply? You 3D print yourself a supply, of course.
Porsche using 3D printing technology to make custom-tailored seat cushions
Porsche is injecting 3D printing into its manufacturing process by making custom seats for its race cars. The feature will later be offered on production cars.
3D-printing technique produces tiny, highly detailed objects in seconds
Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have come up with a method for printing highly-precise miniature objects with different textures.