The printers that turn out correspondence, invoices and reports in your office contain hundreds of components that make up its functional parts. Though printers range widely in price, size and ...

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. JB Babcock is director of engineering at Taylor Technologies. In Part 1, I detailed some ways to expand the usefulness ...

Perhaps one of the oldest dreams of a science-fiction future is the ability to create something where once there was nothing. If we could create solid, stable objects out of thin air, the idea of ...

Summary: 3D-printing plastics is unreliable, generates results of lower quality than injection molding, & generates toxic fumes. There are many other methods and materials used in 3D printing though.