In this era of cheap turn-key machines, the idea of actually building your own desktop 3D printer might seem odd to some. But if you’re looking for a challenge, and want to end up with a printer that ...

h3. Desktop 3D printer for your home! I want to add this to my collection of garage implements. The RepRap is a desktop 3D printer capable of self replication. It was designed by the Adrian Boyer at ...

A new open-source tool is reshaping how engineers design multi-material objects. Charles Wade, a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at CU Boulder, has created a design ...

The TinyMaker 3D Printer that launched via Kickstarter last month is now coming to the end of its campaign and has already successfully raise $190,000+, thanks to over 1,500 backers. The palm sized ...

If you're in the market for a 3D printer, you'll find one here that fits your needs. The US Environmental Protection Agency reports that the US generated 35.7 million tons (roughly the weight of 17.8 ...

In brief: 3D printers aren't always designed with portability in mind, but there's a use case for makers and tinkerers who are often on the move. The open-source Lemontron aims to fill that void by ...

Without shared standards, revolutions stall.” That lesson from the early RepRap era casts a long shadow over the current desktop manufacturing landscape, where a “Desktop Everything” ...

It’s hard to overstate the impact desktop 3D printing has had on the making and hacking scene. It drastically lowered the barrier for many to create their own projects, and much of the prototyping and ...