How do 3D printers work, exactly? If you're curious how these magical machines create 3D objects in a matter of hours, look no further.

Newsletter Three-dimensional (3D) printing, also known as additive manufacturing or rapid prototyping, is the process of creating three-dimensional objects from digital files. Working on one layer at ...

3D printing is changing the way we make things, and by extension the thing that we make. But how exactly does it work, and how is it advancing?

Some 3-D printing filaments are embedded with wood, which not only achieves a similar look and feel to the original wood or cardboard models, but to the finished, full-scale products.

The process of 3D printing, which is what created this likeness of the Star Wars character Yoda, has gained in popularity in recent years. There are several types of 3D printers, but all involve ...

Here are a three different intersections of 3D scanning, 3D printing, and CAD along with a few words on how well each can be expected to work.

When the 3D printer gives up, don’t wait for the experts. Here are solutions to the most common problems: layers failing to attach, stringing, and overheating.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Fortunately, what technology is taking away, it can also give. Among the automating technologies is 3-D printing, which offers ...

This year is poised to be the inaugural year of instamatic cuisine, with 3-D food printers hitting the shelves any month now. Food printers work just like the non-culinary 3-D printers already on ...