Think 3D printers are just for making Yoda heads and Starship Enterprise replicas? From working tweezers to iPhone cases, we printed some genuinely useful objects easily. You can too. Since 2004, I ...

3D printing has evolved into much more than a way to make small prototypes or decorative trinkets. Hobbyists around the world are now using it to tackle projects that are bold, functional, and ...

Combining laser engraving with 3D printing creates unique, customizable items quickly and inexpensively. Creative projects like edge-lit lamps, kinetic coasters, and wood-inlay magnets showcase the ...

You can see more great feature articles in the latest issue of our monthly digital edition. 3D printing dates to the 1990s. The earliest 3D printers were designed for rapid prototyping for industry.

We featured 3D printer projects on last week’s Hacklet. This week, we’re looking at a few awesome projects created with those printers. Trying to pick great 3D printed projects on Hackaday.io is a bit ...

Beyond the ever-dropping cost of 3D printers themselves, one of the biggest perceived barriers of entry to 3D printing is the supposed difficulty of the design process. And, make no mistake: if you're ...

[Maxzillian] sent in a pretty amazing project he’s been beta testing called ReconstructMe. Even though this project is just the result of software developers getting bored at their job, there’s a lot ...

The first version of the Raspberry Pi was released in 2012 and designed to get accessible, customizable computers into the hands of the next generation of computer programmers. Intended for the ...

ScaffPlan for SketchUp allows scaffolders to design, plan, and present projects in 3D, generate gear lists and streamline ...

Making construction cheaper, safer and more efficient sounds like a bold promise, but advocates of 3D printing say the technology is up to the challenge. Now, one ongoing project in Houston could help ...