RIMPAC showed the Navy can manufacture and deliver parts in hours, but printers alone won't solve the logistics challenges of ...

Large prints have a risk of warping, by which we mean corners can lift off the print bed as the object sort of curls inward ...

Desktop 3D printing has advanced rapidly, but complex projects can still create unnecessary work. Switching between colors ...

Researchers who repurposed the mosquito proboscis to create a high-resolution and sustainable nozzle for 3D printing have won ...

There’s a full-colour resin 3D printer in the works. Developed by New Hampshire-based MAASS, the SHIMMY is one of the most ...

Figure announced on September 3, 2026, that it has signed a strategic partnership with AI infrastructure provider Nscale to ...

Over the time Hackaday has been in existence, the art of 3D printing has evolved from a relatively crude hit-and-miss affair ...

The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) launched the 3Dirigo X, a 30-foot boat that sliced ...

Learn how smart materials let printed objects change shape or function in response to heat, light, water and other triggers.

In this video, we discuss an organizational system for small hardware or parts in a home office setting. We share a method to ...

Python program for conversion of bitmap heightfield (in PNG or PGM/PPM format) to 3D triangle mesh in POV-Ray POV, Wavefront OBJ, Autodesk DXF and stereolithography (3D printer) STL format. Resulting ...