While searching for a realistic use case for additive manufacturing, the Siemens Industry team came across the steering knuckle in its eRods, which are essentially electric dune buggies. The original ...

Have you ever spent hours perfecting a 3D-printed design, only to struggle with attaching screws or bolts securely? It’s a frustrating experience that many makers and engineers face. Threads are ...

[2n2r5] posted up a mechanism that we’d never seen before — a threadless ballscrew that turns rotational into linear motion with no backlash. It works by pressing the edge of three bearings fairly ...

Interesting, seems to have some really nice capabilities. As long as it has full functionality without requiring a cloud service or internet service...I'm interested. I mean, of course some of the app ...

MIT Media Lab spin-off Formlabs is one of the few 3D desktop 3D-printing companies that has managed to buck the trends of a shrinking field. The startup found success by embracing stereolithography ...

The potential for wearable electronics goes far beyond smart watches, but our current options for battery packs and circuit boards don't make for the most comfortable E-socks. One solution, being ...

FROM aircraft to houses and even guns, just about anything can be 3D printed – as long as it’s not soft and squishy. Now the repertoire is about to get a lot more cuddly. The first 3D printer that can ...