Ordinarily, if you want to change the shape in which an object is 3D-printed, you have to alter the computer model that tells the printer what to do. A new and simpler technique, however, allows the ...

Armed with a 3D printer filled with some sort of nondescript food paste, a team of MIT engineers is revealing how the shape and arrangement of foods can trick our brains into feeling more or less ...

if you're looking for a way to make life easier with a 3D printer, here are a few items that don't require a lot of ...

An Oregon State University researcher has helped create a new 3D printing approach for shape-changing materials that are likened to muscles, opening the door for improved applications in robotics as ...

A research project undertaken at MIT and Singapore University of Technology and Design succeeded in developing 3D-printed structures that can be physically manipulated in extreme ways and then spring ...

Rockport resident Elias Brainard, 12, looks at a 3D printer during West Virginia University at Parkersburg’s Teen 3D Printing Academy Saturday. (Photo by Michelle Dillon) PARKERSBURG — Area teens had ...

Complete homes can be printed on-site, although minor parts and furnishings can be produced in factories – says Dinesh. Construction materials have mostly been limited to a variety of mass-produced ...

3D printing could prove a transformative technology for the food industry, from meal customisation to aiding with dietary requirements. Deborah Williams explores the current state of the technology ...

A pill is a pill. Or is it? You may think that taking prescribed medications is a no-brainer, but think again. Let's face it. Going to the pharmacy is a chore--something that we often dread when we ...