The new Smooth Variable Layer Height feature for Slic3r Prusa Edition improves surface quality while maintaining print speed.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has showcased the potential of large scale 3D printing with this fully functional excavator build.
This is 19-year-old Broc Brown, formerly the world's tallest teen; he's the lucky recipient of a pair of 3D printed size 28 shoes from Feetz.
Researchers from the University Cork College are experimenting with the structure and texture of 3D printed cheese.
Advancing "lab-on-a-chip" microfluidics devices, Cardiff University researchers open their designs up to rapidly prototype new developments.
A study is to be conducted examining the impact of 3D printing models of patient's hearts for pre-op pediatric heart surgery planning.
The Rapid Additively Manufactured Ballistics Ordnance, or RAMBO, is a 3D printed grenade launcher developed by the U.S. military.
Engineers from the defense company Lockheed Martin are using MakerBot 3D printing to develop new designs for SPIDER imaging technology.
A Shapeways user, Stony Smith, has sold 7,000 scale model railroad items with his online shop and turned his hobby into a success.
Stratasys has launched two new materials, their flexible PolyJet material Agilus30 and carbon-filled FDM Nylon 12CF.
A medical student in Poland is helping doctors prepare for tricky surgeries by creating patient specific multi-colored 3D printed livers.
Built in a 24 hour hackathon, the SignBot is a 3D printed animatronic device that can listen to speech and convert it into sign language.
German computer scientists are working on a way to allow customization of individual prints by developing a composite called Hotflex.
Coming to your body soon? Using proprietary 3D printing machines and a DLP process, researchers have fabricated functional blood vessels.
The Hangprinter is an open-source printer which has no frame but works by anchoring to the floor and hanging from the ceiling by cables.
GE is investing in 3D printing and building business around the technology, improving processes in medical and aerospace product lines.
Researchers from MIT may have just paved the way for using cellulose - the world's most abundantly available natural polymer - in 3D printing.
At MADE Expo, keep an eye out for Politecnico di Milano's ACTLAB's Trabeculae Pavilion. Inspired by nature, made possible with 3D printing.
ThatsMyFace is a company which uses two headshots to 3D print your face. Theoretically, this technology be used to trick facial recognition systems.
A look inside New Zealand's famed Weta Workshop visual effects studio, as they bring the eerie to life for the new Ghost in the Shell movie.