A 3D printer makes an object by squirting out a tiny filament of hot plastic, adding one layer at a time. That’s why it’s called additive manufacturing. You send the printer a computer file that’s a 3D model of something — an iPod case, a bike part, your head — then it prints out the […]

3D Printing Demonstrations – layer by layer 3D Printing on Cnet. 3D Systems and Makerbot executives on TV

Office Depot is launching its Cube line of of 3-D printers in Denver, with an interactive display at the Wynkoop location. Meanwhile, Makerbot has begun shipping its 3-D scanner, the Digitizer, and has also released some firmware updates, and a dissolvable flexible filament that can be used as a support structure for printing more complex […]

Ivan Owen and Richard Van As have been steadily producing more and more Robohands, now at over 170 people helped, since they created its design in 2011. At first, the hand was a conglomeration of cables, screws, and metal. Now, much of its production has been replaced with more efficient and more contemporary 3D printing […]

This device from AIO Robotics will be one big 3D printer, 3D scanner, 3D copier, and 3D fax-machine. It will begin the crowdfunding process through KickStarter next week on September 4th. The machine will even have a color touch screen! Now, what kind of money are we going to have to spend on this thing? […]