Irish company Mcor's unique paper-based 3D printers make some very compelling arguments. For starters, instead of expensive plastics, they build objects out of cut-and-glued sheets of standard 80 GSM ...

Three-dimensional printing has come a long way since the first 'rapid prototyping' patent was rejected in 1980. We've evolved from basic designs to a wide range of highly-customizable objects. Still, ...

Imagine you’re in IKEA, looking for a plastic kitchen stool. You find one, but—darn—it’s turquoise, which just doesn’t match your home color scheme. No problem. You tell a salesperson, who pushes a ...

Researchers have developed a 'coloring-by-shrinking' method to print arbitrary 3D microscopic objects exhibiting structural colors. The design consisted of woodpile photonic crystals with varying ...

Using LED light, a 3-D printed object’s properties–like its size and color–can be changed after printing.. Courtesy MIT Now, some of the coolest 3-D printing innovation is happening within the process ...

3D printer maker Stratasys today unveiled an enhanced integration with Adobe’s Photoshop that allows users to design and print objects with more than 1,000 colors. Stratasys today released Creative ...

HANOVER, N.H. - April 4, 2018- Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a smart ink that turns 3D-printed structures into objects that can change shape and color. The innovation promises to add ...

The latest enterprise-grade 3D printer from Stratasys, the J750 model, is reportedly the first that can print objects with photorealistic color accuracy. In addition, like other premium printers from ...