Technology: 3D Printing

A new online service aims to bring customized manufacturing to the masses by allowing consumers to submit digital designs of products that are then printed, using 3-D printers, and shipped back.
Currently, such 3-D printers–in which successive layers of different polymers are sprayed gradually, building up a 3-D object–are very expensive, says Peter Weijmarshausen, CEO of [...]

The Personal Fabber 3d Printer

When you think of 3d printing, images of scientists or industrial designers fabricating prototypes probably come to mind. But starting today, the process is getting the fine arts treatment. The Esther M. Klein Art Gallery in Philadelphia is opening a new exhibit called “The FAB Show,” which features the work of designers, professors, and artists [...]