This year alone, the number of innovations in desktop 3D printers has been remarkable -- from a product that can scan, copy and fax 3D objects in one device to an affordable 3D printer for larger ...

Bill Decker is chairman of the Association of 3D Printing, the largest trade organization in the industry. Ten years ago, few desktop computers lived far from a 2D printer. Even in today’s ...

Modern printers make it all that much more tempting to try and hack them — the hardware generally tends to be decent, but the firmware appears to be designed to squeeze as much money out of you as ...

Traditional methods, such as optical lithography and laser interference lithography, require coating the 2D material with a protective resist mask, allowing only specific areas of the 2D material to ...

Machines that can fabricate physical models on your desktop have come a long way in 25 years, and the implications of having Star-Trek-like replicators in the hands of individuals and small businesses ...

Y Soft, an enterprise office solutions provider, has introduced YSoft be3D eDee (eDee), a comprehensive solution for 3D and 2D (paper) printers. eDee is a desktop 3D printer integrated with YSoft ...

With Windows 8.1 around the bend, Microsoft is taking the opportunity to add support to the OS for 3D printing. As Microsoft’s Gavin Gear explains in a blog post on the topic, printing in 3D with ...

The 2D printing king and the start-up with a lightning-fast tech have recently entered the 3D printing market. Here's how they and their 3D printers stack up on some key measures. HP released on May ...

It’s a problem faced by every market leader: What do you do when your core products are showing signs of being disrupted by new technologies and nimbler competitors? You can either let someone else ...