Explore 3D printing in robotics for custom, lightweight parts, rapid prototyping, and on-demand spare components.

VA, FDA, Army, Marines and other agencies use 3D printing to speed up the supply chain and simplify complex equipment needs. Long used for prototyping, new innovations and materials have transformed ...

With an eye toward developing more stable structures capable of withstanding harsh environmental conditions—including those that future astronauts will find on Mars—researchers in Northwestern ...

Two Texas-based groups have successfully used 3D-printing technology to manufacture a firearm or components of firearms, such as magazines and receivers. Politicians in the U.S. have taken notice. In ...

Everything you need to know about the 2026 Women in 3D Printing Innovator Award.

Elizabeth Neus is the former managing editor of FedTech and the former producer of FedTech's award-winning Feds in the Field video series. The Washington Nationals are her team; 80s Brit pop is her ...

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. Hamilton County (Tenn.) Schools has put their 3D printers to work ...

The company will use the new capability to provide manufacturers with a 'faster, smarter' alternative to traditional tooling methods.

FDM 3D printing has gone beyond prototyping and is being used as a production tool by many companies. However, conventional printers still require an operation to pop the finished part of the bed and ...

3D printing is still kind of a niche thing; a mysterious and complicated dark alley of the whole maker movement seemingly kept behind a gated wall of complexity, janky hardware and imposing lingo and ...

Not long ago it was the stuff of science fiction, but now US officials and lawmakers are grappling with a new reality -- the ability for citizens to print firearms at home. As of Wednesday, it will be ...