PALO ALTO, Calif. -- 3-D printing is not just being used for making souvenirs, car parts and smartphones. It's being used more and more in hospitals and medical schools. "It's extraordinary. It truly ...

The beginning of the DIY 3D printing movement was a heady time. There was a vision of a post-scarcity world in which everything could and would be made at home, for free. Printers printing other ...

Machined tooling contributes to the majority of production costs for many small-run jobs. 3D printing can reduce the cost of plastic cores, molds, and tooling, but there are several considerations to ...

If there’s one problem with the RepRap, it’s the cost of filament. Sure, there’s also the computationally difficult problem of slicing 3D models, but a 5 to 10 times markup on turning plastic pellets ...

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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 ...

Forgotten your toothbrush? Never mind, just print out a new one. What may seem like science fiction is scientific fact and these 3D printers are just a couple of years from being affordable home ...

Tomorrow's homeowners may print out everything from utensils to furniture with 3D printers — and they may not even need to buy raw materials. Instead, they could simply recycle milk jugs, shampoo ...

The DoD wants to turn battlefield garbage into useful parts for soldiers. Researchers at the Army Research Laboratory have taken recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from bottles and plastics ...