3D printers are awesome. There’s a catch, though: The printers are nowhere near inexpensive enough for most people to just pick one up. We’ve seen some cheap ones like the Printrbot, but that will ...

The goal of the RepRap project was always a machine that could replicate itself. The project began with the RepRap Darwin, a machine with a frame made nearly entirely of threaded rods, and progressed ...

A student at Virginia Commonwealth University wants to bring the reality an idea that 3D printing enthusiasts have so far only dreamed about – printing all the necessary parts for a 3D printer, with a ...

The beginning of the DIY 3D printing movement was a heady time. There was a vision of a post-scarcity world in which everything could and would be made at home, for free. Printers printing other ...

Investors in the 3-D printing space take the RepRap project seriously. Though it's not a company, it is competition to publicly traded players -- particularly to consumer FDM 3-D printers like the ...

You probably wished, at least once, that you could reach into your computer monitor and pull out a piece of pizza. Although you can’t do so today, it may be possible to print edible objects in the ...

Jared Brandt has created a new extra large 3D printer which he has amply named the RepRap BigBot which is based on the widely popular and supported open source RepRap Mendel platform. The 3D printer ...

It's been easy to overlook some of the innovations coming out of the RepRap community as of late. Between regular MakerBot releases and announcements for new types of printers like the B9 Creator and ...

Owners of the awesome RepRap 3D printer or those of you that might be thinking of purchasing or building your very own RepRap 3D printer, might be interested in this new Pico all-metal hotend, ...

One of Germany's leading 3D printer manufacturers, German RepRap GmbH, founded in 2012 and based in Feldkirchen, is making no bones about its ambitions. Not only does the company aim to become the ...

CES 2013 proved to be something of a coming out party for consumer-facing 3D printers. Sure MakerBot earned a fair amount of attention at last year's show with the announcement of the Replicator, ...

3D printers are awesome. There's a catch, though: The printers are nowhere near inexpensive enough for most people to just pick one up. We've seen some cheap ones like the , but that will still run ...