Having an enclosed 3D printer can make a huge difference when printing certain filaments that are prone to warping. It’s easy enough to build an enclosure to stick your own printer in, but ...

Even with a well-organized NAS, which I like to think I have, STL files are uniquely bad at being self-describing. They're ...

What can one expect from 3D printing an 8″ Newtonian telescope? [Molly Wakeling] shares her thoughts after doing exactly that ...

Learn how a teenager built a six-figure business with 3D printing and low-cost resources in high school.

There's no better time to find an excuse to start 3D printing your own products than during Cyber Monday sales, because that's when 3D printers drop to their lowest prices of the year. Bambu is widely ...

If this machine had hit the shelves just a few months ago, it would have gone straight to the top of our best 3D printers list. It's absolutely superb. However, in the wings are the new multitool ...

A new open-source tool is reshaping how engineers design multi-material objects. Charles Wade, a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at CU Boulder, has created a design ...

Have you ever imagined turning your ideas into physical objects with just a few clicks? Thanks to tools like Tinkercad, what once seemed like science fiction is now an accessible reality for anyone ...

Many criminals have been caught because they used a typewriter. The most famous case is probably Ted Kaczynski (aka “The Unabomber”), who mailed a typewritten manifesto to the New York Times ...

For a couple of years now, I’ve been trying to find an excuse to buy a decent 3D printer. Friends and fellow Ars staffers who had them would gush about them at every opportunity, talking about how ...

A professional writer with an enduring love for video games, tabletop games, board games, manga, anime, and anything offering a fun, adventure-filled escape into another world. Playing various types ...

There's nothing parents fear more than raising an iPad kid. With technology more accessible (and distracting) than ever before, many parents are on the lookout for new ways to encourage their child's ...