3d printers
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Too Sick For Work? 3D Print Yourself A Body Double
If you’re feeling a little bit sniffly and you don’t want to go into the office — don’t worry, we’ve all been there — the time-honoured tradition is to put on your best sick-person voice and make a gurgly phone call to your boss. If that all sounds a little bit too low-tech for your…
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New 3D Printer Draws In Midair Like Magic
Lasers and metal were part of 3D printing for decades before the machines became affordable for personal use. But researchers at Harvard are demonstrating a new technique by which 3D metal structures can be printed in midair, without the need for anything supporting them.
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Giant Multi-Headed 3D Printer Creates Massive Objects In One Pass
The trade-off of an affordable 3D printer is that they’re usually small and can only produce small objects. To make something big, you have to break it down into smaller parts first. But Autodesk has come up with a better approach: a 3D printer with multiple heads that all work together to churn out massive…
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Your Desktop 3D Printer Could Pose A Health Risk
Low cost desktop 3D printers are becoming more and more accessible to the general public, finding a place in offices and hobbyists’ homes as well as professional workshops. Recent research has revealed that some commercial desktop printers may pose a health risk because of their emission of ultra-fine particles or UFPs.