3D printing has changed the world since its inception, influencing everything from simple plastic prototypes to sophisticated, life-saving medical implants. It began in the 1980s as a way to fuel a ...

As with any desktop 3D printer, the Vulcan printer pipes layer by layer to build an object — except this printer is more than 45 feet (13.7 m) wide, weighs 4.75 tons and prints residential homes. The ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) A new 3D printer can cook food layer by layer as it prints, using artificial intelligence to design complex edible structures. This integrated system, developed at Hong Kong ...

It is a fact of life that 3D printed parts from an FDM (fused deposition modeling) printer have weaknesses where the layers join. Some of this is due to voids and imperfect layer bonding, but you can ...