The latest runway fashions aren't made with a sewing machine, but with a printer. 3D printing has been around for decades, but it has just started to weave its way into the world of fashion. A ...

3D printing is a downright futuristic technology. People can use plastic filaments, resin, and other materials to create custom objects. The quality of the print is limited by a user's printer, but ...

James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser ...

Some projects to get inspired by from the fair at the New York Hall of Science. First off the supposed Osborne effect was that soon after the Osborne 1 was unveiled, the CEO started talking about a ...

Conventional textiles made of woven threads are highly useful materials. [Sara Alvarez] has had some success creating fabric-like materials through 3D printing, and though they’re not identical, they ...

Though 3D printers are still too expensive to make their way across the globe into our homes next to our tablets and flat-screen TVs, the few lucky early adopters who got their hands on them have ...

If there's one thing 3D printing's good for, it's customization. That's especially true when it comes to customizing items that must fit the human body, whether they're surgical guides or clothing.