Meet Project Patchouli, an open-source drawing tablet project to 'build your own tablet from scratch'

For something intended to mimic good old pencil and paper, drawing tablets and the tech behind them are surprisingly complicated. If you fancy a crash course in how they work and want to build your ...
Frankly Built on MSN

Ender-3 problems? Quick fixes, best settings, and pro tips that work

The Ender-3 is one of the most popular 3D printers ever… and also one of the easiest to mess up on day one. In this guide, ...
Lane Report

BCTC adds 3D printing Additive Technology Program at Georgetown-Scott County Campus

GEORGETOWN, Ky. — As 3D printing adoption grows, Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC) is launching an Additive Technology Program at the Georgetown-Scott County Campus. It will equip ...
Hackaday

Teaching Math With 3D Printers

We’ve often thought that 3D printers make excellent school projects. No matter what a student’s interests are: art, software, electronics, robotics, chemistry, or physics, there’s something for ...
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Creality Ender-5 MAX Review: A Cosplay Maker’s Dream 3D Printer

Testing the Ender-5 MAX and its CoreXY design to see why it’s perfect for printing large cosplay parts with precision. Where a Saudi company pumps desert groundwater, Arizona considers imposing limits ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

New St. Charles store sells 3D printers and offers how-to classes. 'It keeps me busy'

Store manager Chris Lowry, from left, general manager Andrew Kramer and technical operations coordinator Shane McDuffie pose for a portrait with products printed from a 3D printer on Wednesday, Oct. 1 ...
Nature

Bespoke 3D printing adapted to features mapped using computer vision

When 3D printing was invented more than 40 years ago, it was a linear process, and its workflow remains essentially unchanged. Typically, users decide on a geometry to print, without precise knowledge ...
The New York Times

‘Can You Print a House?’: God, Robots and the U.S. Housing Crisis

Jason Ballard, an entrepreneur who once thought he would be a preacher, believes 3-D printing is the solution to fill the affordable housing gap in the United States. Wolf Ranch, a collection of 100 3 ...
Ars Technica

Endangered classic Mac plastic color returns as 3D-printer filament

On Tuesday, classic computer collector Joe Strosnider announced the availability of a new 3D-printer filament that replicates the iconic “Platinum” color scheme used in classic Macintosh computers ...
Ars Technica

What I learned from my first few months with a Bambu Lab A1 3D printer, part 1

For a couple of years now, I’ve been trying to find an excuse to buy a decent 3D printer. Friends and fellow Ars staffers who had them would gush about them at every opportunity, talking about how ...
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Want to 3D Print a Walking Robot? Just Ask Your Computer.

Researchers have developed a platform called Text2Robot that leverages generative AI to design and deliver functional robots with just a few spoken words. When personal computers were first invented, ...