The latest runway fashions aren't made with a sewing machine, but with a printer. 3D printing has been around for decades, but it has just started to weave its way into the world of fashion. A ...

3D printing, otherwise known as additive manufacturing, is a recent innovation that has fast become one of the most important manufacturing methods. In this process, products are constructed ...

James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser ...

The idea for the Sept 12 interactive graphic Inside The Confusing World Of Women’s Clothing Sizes stemmed from project lead Stephanie Adeline’s personal frustrations with shopping for clothes. After ...

Some projects to get inspired by from the fair at the New York Hall of Science. First off the supposed Osborne effect was that soon after the Osborne 1 was unveiled, the CEO started talking about a ...

Conventional textiles made of woven threads are highly useful materials. [Sara Alvarez] has had some success creating fabric-like materials through 3D printing, and though they’re not identical, they ...

Though additive manufacturing wouldn’t exist for another 40 years, the prolific American sci-fi author Murray Leinster penned a 1945 short story featuring a spookily prescient description of what we ...

Though 3D printers are still too expensive to make their way across the globe into our homes next to our tablets and flat-screen TVs, the few lucky early adopters who got their hands on them have ...