More affordable than ever, 3D printers are booming for personal, professional, and educational use. Here's everything to know before you buy one, along with the top models from our hands-on testing.

Today's affordable 3D printers will likely surprise you: You can get a smooth-working machine with useful features once found only in high-end models. Starting at just $250, these are the top ...

I’ve actually used this technique on a few practical projects. Although the part I printed for this example is just a test object, it shows the results of the technique quite well. There are a ...

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This is where our list of the best 3D printers can help. We’ve tested and reviewed many different 3D printers at a wide range of prices and skill levels so you can find the one that works for you.

Faces - A face is a flat surface on a 3D shape. For example a cube has 6 faces. Edges - An edge is where two faces meet. For example a cube has 12 edges. Vertices - A vertex is a corner where ...

[Filip Buława] and [Piotr Domanowski] have spent four years and 14 prototypes iterating to create the CPS 5, a 3D printed ROV that can potentially reach a depth of 85 m. FDM 3D prints are ...

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NARRATOR: It's crunch time for the 3D crew. And who's going to take home the coveted, and totally pointless, prize of, eh… most properties? Two cubes high-five as they prepare to compete.

Researchers have created microscale robots less than 1 millimeter in size that are printed as a 2D hexagonal 'metasheet' but, with a jolt of electricity, morph into preprogrammed 3D shapes and crawl.