However, they're not building them in the conventional way. They're printing them using the world's largest 3D printer of its kind. "We thought, 'How do we turn that wood waste into something very ...

"Our goal was to engineer that failure into something more graceful and safer." To do that, the team 3D printed a ceramic structure based on the Miura-ori origami pattern -- which is a way to fold ...

Many parts are not immediately usable after 3D printing and, depending on the printing process chosen, require cleaning and finishing. Through this, it is possible to improve an object’s mechanical ...

Key Laboratory of Ocean Energy Utilization and Energy Conservation of Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China ...

If you are interested in physics cameras, modifying off-the-shelf gear, or a fresh approach to color 3D printing, they’ll talk about that, too. Finally, you can find out what Tom Nardi thought ...

Due to rapid technological advancement, metal 3D printing has grown massively in recent years. Many innovative startups and suppliers have proposed new and increasingly affordable metal additive ...

If you’ve followed Hackaday for a while, you might know that all ball screws don’t have threads. While ball screws are uncommon in 3D printers, they show up pretty often in CNC machine designs.