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 ...

What Is Slicer Software and How Does it Enable 3D Printing? 3D printing, a type of additive manufacturing, works by creating objects layer-by-layer based on a digital computer-aided design (CAD) model ...

If you have been 3D printing for a while, you may have already tried the most common slicer settings like layer height, infill density, speed, temperature, and others. However, not everyone bothers to ...

We all know that hacker that won’t use a regular compiler. If he’s not using assembly language, he uses a compiler he wrote. If you don’t know him, maybe it is you! If you really don’t know one, then ...

We can make our 3D-printed parts even more capable when we start mixing them with some essential “mechanical vitamins.” By combining prints with screws, nuts, fasteners, and pins, we get a rich ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. A new method 3D-prints large and complex parts more cheaply than current methods. “We have more tests to run to understand the strength ...

In this tutorial, I'll show you hot to create a 3D look with 4K footage using Adobe After Effects CC. In the project we'll use as an example, we're creating a video that will be delivered inb 1080p HD ...