Anyone with an idea for a new mechanical device can create it on their computer with 3-D solid-model software and email it to a company that will “print” it and quickly return a prototype.

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The printing world has historically been competitive, with manufacturers bragging that their printers can get to the first page faster than the others, or print one more page per minute. And even as ...

The 3D printers of today can produce objects that may be quite intricate in shape but, by and large, these objects are still made solely of "dumb" plastic. This may be about to change thanks to the ...

About to plug your new 3D printer into an extension cord? Don't do it before making sure plugging it in will actually be safe ...