For the past two years, I’ve used print-on-demand technology to create and sell products in my e-commerce store. Though it’s been fun selling mugs and tee-shirts, it’s also a very saturated market.

Rich Lehrer knew that 3D printers could do more than spit out keychains and Yoda heads. In 2013, he led a group of eighth graders at the Brookwood School in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts that ...

Using computer-aided design, 3D printing builds an item up layer by layer in a very precise fashion. Initially, plastics and metal powders were used as the feedstock for the process, but now resins, ...

Using an audio means to create PR for a highly visual product? When I met Tom and Tracy Hazzard recently, they piqued my interested when they told me how they’ve used a podcast as the crux of their ...

Danfoss Power Solutions (Ames, Iowa, U.S.) wanted to reduce cost and lead time challenges with a machined aluminum bracket by redesigning it to use carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) made with its ...

3D printing is taking home construction to new heights. In Houston, a giant printer is building what designers say is the first 3D-printed two-story house in the U.S. The machine has been pouring a ...

Three-dimensional printing is transforming medical care, letting the health care field shift from mass-produced solutions to customized treatments tailored to each patient’s needs. For instance, ...