Simple toys that one can make with a 3D printer include a card-sized crossbow, a stacking puzzle game, and a one-piece glider ...

Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, an MIT team has designed a technique that could transform flat panels into medical devices, habitats, and other objects without the use of tools.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Henry David Volpe performs maintenance on a HANX drone at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 23, 2026. (Sgt. Alfonso Livrieri/U.S. Marine Corps) The U.S.

3D printers aren't just for making random statues and toys, as admittedly fun as that is. They are tools that can create just about anything out of nothing but plastic filament, and if you put your ...

AI can turn a single photo into a printable 3D figurine. Multiple AI systems quietly power each step of the process. Consumer tools make this workflow accessible at home. Writing for ZDNET has many ...

3D printers have come a long way in recent years, allowing users to print just about anything they can think of. Typically, this leads folks to use them for fun hobby-based projects, like miniatures ...

A quiet town in western Denmark is quickly becoming a testing ground for the future of housing. Skovsporet, described as Europe's largest 3D-printed housing project, is now taking shape in Holstebro.

Physicists at the University of Amsterdam came up with a really cool bit of Christmas decor: a miniature 3D-printed Christmas tree, a mere 8 centimeters tall, made of ice, without any refrigeration ...

James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser ...

Big changes are coming to southeast Houston, though it will be a few months before residents can step inside the city's first fully developed 3D-printed hybrid home community. "This will be the first ...

Nan Lin, the project developer and owner of 4dify, stands in the living room area of the first 3D printed home in Yuba County. The first house in California’s first micro community of 3D printed homes ...

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