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.

Yet, such artifacts are rare direct sources into the lives of historical amputees. We focus on the tools amputees used in 16th- and 17th-century Europe. There are few records written from amputees’ ...

As an undergraduate student, Yufeng Chi (B.S.'23 EECS) was captivated by humanoid and legged robots. Eager to learn more, he ...

To think about an artificial limb is to think about a person. It's an object of touch and motion made to be used, one that attaches to the body and ...

A Texas company — driven by a mission to create faster, better and more affordable housing — is 3D printing homes. It's also working with NASA to 3D print on the Moon. Lesley Stahl reports.

Typing for long hours with intermittent breaks is the ethos of my job description, but do it for a few years, and a few ...

For me, the most fascinating part is the fact that such a group of animals managed to adapt to different habitats, which ...

Kumiko is a form of Japanese woodworking that uses small cuts of wood (probably offcuts) to produce artful designs. It’s the ...

A group of Dallas doctors and scientists have printed a human femur — the longest and strongest bone in the body — that ...

What are 3D printed objects made out of? This video explores the materials used in 3D printing, providing insight into the different types of filaments and their applications. #3D #3DAnimation ...

A former police community support officer (PCSO) accused of using a 3D printer to make a semi-automatic gun says she was making a toy fidget gun. Zoe Watts, 38, was arrested after police found ...