I recently picked up 3D printing as a hobby. It almost feels unreal to be able to print pretty much any object I want to.

Anyone who has been having problems with a 3D printer extruder ruining prints by either jamming or not providing an even flow of filament. Might be interested in a new smart extruder which is being ...

Good 3D printers now have multiple hot ends. You ought to be able to print in different colors or print support material. However, a lot of us don’t have multiple hot ends. Turns out, you don’t have ...

The problem: folk are finding wear and gouging under the driven hobbed gear of a certain type of dual-drive extruder. In the photo right of a partially assembled dual-drive, it would be in the red ...

The next frontier of desktop 3D printing is multi-material and multi-color prints. Right now, you can buy a dual toolhead for a Lulzbot, and dual toolheads from other companies exist, although they ...

A growing number of academic and industrial research groups regard the integration of artificial intelligence-based algorithms into the 3D printing process as a promising approach to improve the ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

In context: Several recent experiments have broadened the potential applications for 3D printing. Although most users wouldn't consider hot glue a viable building material, it has important ...