3D Printers

A network of 3D printer-users has stepped in to help hospitals grappling with critical shortages of protective gear…

Transporters? Spaceships that can travel at the speed of light? Star Trek introduced us to many fantastical…

There are lots of reasons not to eat greasy deep-fried fast food, the least of which being the challenges involved…

Painstakingly laying out multi-colored plastic beads (also known as Perler beads) to create mosaic images can be a…

Researchers have that found that 3D printers spew tiny particles into the air as they operate, though the quantity…

Security experts have identified thousands of instances in which owners of 3D printers have made their devices…

They’ve been used by large companies for rapidly creating prototypes for at least a few decades, but finding a…

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's gathering of the most wonderful, and often most ludicrous, merchandise we’ve seen…

Thanks to Jonathan Odom, a clever designer and builder who’s created everything from animatronics for films to…

Imagine a future in which humans can produce a vast variety of foods with all sorts of textures and shapes at the…

3D printers may have failed as a home appliance, but researchers at the Hasso-Plattner-Institut aren’t ready to give…

Instead of just working on improving what 3D printers are capable of, researchers at the Hasso-Plattner-Institut are…

The nomadic lifestyle of a 3D printsmith is made all the more difficult when it comes to carrying your 3D printer…

Matthew Davis’ Arcus is officially the most impressive thing we’ve ever seen come out of a 3D printer. Sure, cheap…

With Voltron back on Netflix as a new animated series, there is sure to be a flood of new lion-bot toys hitting the…

Bentley Yoder was born with his brain outside his skull. Doctors said he didn’t have a chance, but he not only…

Lasers and metal were part of 3D printing for decades before the machines became affordable for personal use. But…

The trade-off of an affordable 3D printer is that they’re usually small and can only produce small objects. To make…

3D printers have revolutionized the speed at which prototype parts can be created, but what if your deadline is so…

With an experiment that’s not going to help alleviate any concerns over 3D printing and piracy, researchers at the…