Anyone frustrated by the size limits imposed by typical consumer-grade 3D printing systems needs to check out this remarkably ...

Some people are smart, some people are tech savvy and some people have a lot of time on their hands. Some people (like myself) waste most of that free time, but if I were more like the YouTube user -- ...

If you follow the desktop 3D printer market, it probably won’t surprise you to hear that nearly every 3D printer on display at the inaugural East Coast RepRap Festival (ERRF) was made in China. Even ...

[Nicholas C Lewis, Patrick Hannan, Jared Knutzen, and Joy Markham], students from the University of Washington, have recently taken the wraps off a project which they have been collaborating on, a DIY ...

One of the printers in Jim Roscoe's tech classroom goes far beyond serving up tests and handouts. The Coffman High School teacher, with the help of students, built a 3D printer last spring and is now ...

Don't believe me? A quick search will bring up garage blacksmithing setups and basement robotics workshops, but those are small-time. The DIY/maker movement is most impressive not when it rivals ...

Before the Gutenberg press, the mechanical loom, the steam engine, or the computer became ubiquitous, there was a pause. The inventors had hatched the next big thing, and they wondered what would ...