While the explosion in the popularity of consumer 3D printers has been enabled by cheaper and cheaper devices, they’re still beyond the reach of the average university student. But students at ...

Would you get a tattoo from a 3D printer? The 3D X Tattoo Machine is a new 3D printer that is able to produce tattoos on skin, puncturing the skin at around 150 times per second. The video posted ...

So, you’ve just installed a robot in your plant to automate your entire process. In terms of bringing your process to the state of modern technology, that should be it. But David Dechow, a 3D machine ...

The CNC mill is the foundation of most modern machine shops, and it’s usually the tool with the most demands competing for its time. This means making tough choices when small-volume parts are needed.

It’s only ten days since we wrote about the titanium 3D-printed Empire Cycles MX-6 Evo mountain bike, a one-off machine designed to show what can be done with additive manufacturing. This article ...

One of the original ideas behind the RepRap project was for the machines to create their own upgrades. That philosophy is shining brightly in [Ivan Miranda] CNC milling machine project, which has been ...

The furniture of the future could be made from nothing more than two long strands of yarn. A prototype manufacturing machine developed at Carnegie Mellon University is transforming traditional textile ...

Steampunk extraordinaire [Jake von Slatt] has released his latest creation. This time he’s built a Wimshurst machine from mostly 3D printed parts. The Wimshurst machine is an electrostatic generator ...

Machine grade control technology has evolved to allow faster speeds and tighter accuracy, as well as more machine forms including dozers, motor graders, excavators and wheel loaders. Various solutions ...

Contractors and entrepreneurs face tighter cost controls and escalating supply-chain pressures and seek to get more from their technology. Delays and cost overruns pose significant challenges to ...