When you get a 3D printer, it can be overwhelming to figure out what you want to make. There are several designs you can discover online, and eventually, you can create your own using programs like ...

For a couple of years now, I’ve been trying to find an excuse to buy a decent 3D printer. Friends and fellow Ars staffers who had them would gush about them at every opportunity, talking about how ...

Creative programming a 3D printer to make custom objects. - Stenko Vlad/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There's probably no need to explain why a 3D printer is ...

Multi-colored 3D printers have come a long way, able to handle projects that would have been impossible a few years ago. Here ...

If your slicer says to lay down a ton of plastic, the 3D printer obeys.

Murray Leinster’s short story Things Pass By, published in 1945, includes what may be the first description of 3D printers: But this constructor is both efficient and flexible. I feed magnetronic ...