3D printing has already been put to use in many interesting applications, from large-scale homebuilding to robot hands that are good at Super Mario Bros.—and even creepy materials that can shape-shift ...

As a "boutique printer," Color Ink in Sussex, Wisconsin, aims to help its customers stand out with customized, high-impact solutions. Todd Meissner, president of the company, explains it ventured into ...

Most methods for manufacturing 3D printer ink involve the addition of various materials to provide strength and structure to the ink. According to new research from Nanyang Technological University, ...

Scientists have created a 3D-printing media that can take on different colors in different parts of a single print job. The secret lies in utilizing ultraviolet light to selectively alter the surface ...

Scientists have developed a new type of 3D printing that uses living matter, namely bacteria, to create objects. This could allow for things like degrading pollutants and skin grafts. The rest of this ...

A San Francisco-based company, Emerging Objects, has created new 3D printing materials that aren't just the standard plastic, but composed of wood, concrete, and even salt. Share on Facebook (opens in ...

Additive manufacturing (AM) methods, such as 3D printing, enable the realization of objects with different geometric properties, by adding materials layer-by-layer to physically replicate a digital ...

As the medical manufacturing landscape continues to improve, advanced 3D printing stands out as an industry solution. Inkjet 3D printing represents the next steps for this key technology, offering ...

Inkjet printers may be a fairly inexpensive way to print out your holiday snaps, but they can be fragile machines and end up at the city dump well before they hit kindergarten age. Italian maker ...

Image that products could be strengthened with the same living materials that provide nutrients to strengthen trees. Professor Qiming Wang's research lab is one of the first to infuse 3-D printer ink ...