If 3D printing companies and government agencies hope to police the spread of dangerous or pirated digital shapes, their task is about to get much more complicated. Late last month Matthew ...

From mathematical cookie cutters to wormholes, we pick favourite 3D-printable objects. Also, download an exclusive New Scientist Christmas tree ornament – a ...

3D models drawn in Blender work great in a computer animated virtual world but don’t always when brought into a slicer for 3D printing. Slicers require something which makes sense in the real world.

Forget draft tables and complicated computer-aided design programs: You dream it. Endless Forms helps you design it. Engineers are allowing anyone to point, click, collaborate and create online in the ...

That expensive 3D printer gathering dust in your corner? The one you bought with grand plans before realizing you can’t design a simple phone stand without a CAD degree? Meet Printables, Thingiverse, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Can computers make art? That’s one of the questions animating the ...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trEZz6f4M-U&feature=player_embedded#at=52] The Photon 3D scanner is a self-contained laser scanner that creates point clouds ...

People get CT and MRI scans every day, and when [Oliver] needed some medical diagnostic imaging done, he was sure to ask for the files so he could turn his skull into a printable 3D object. [Oliver] ...

Figurines that just won't stay standing are the bane of a collector's existence, but spare a thought for hobbyists who design and 3D print their own models, only to find they keep toppling over. Now a ...

It’s going to get easier to create 3D designs and print the objects that you’ve created thanks to the combination of Sixense’s MakeVR design software and 3D printers. Sixense Entertainment has ...

When Skylar Tibbits drops a plastic-like rod into a tub of water, it starts to take shape, turning into a cube. It’s a result of what he calls 4-D printing, which adds the fourth dimension, time, to ...