There’s a bit of a high-speed arms race in the RC world on YouTube these days. [Michael Rectin] is in on the action, and he’s been exploring how to 3D print a decent set of tires to help his RC car ...

Additive manufacturing, or "3D printing," is commonly used for prototyping, as the machines can create parts without the expensive tooling process or the need for skilled machining. Automakers use it ...

A future where lightweight car parts can be made with a 3D printer is here, thanks to multi-material additive manufacturing research. Researchers at Tohoku University's Institute for Materials ...

A big reason I love 3D printing is the massive community of 3D-printing enthusiasts online. There are times when I'm either too lazy to make my own designs or I just don't have the required technical ...

More than that, Conflux uses the advantages of AM to produce sophisticated surface contours, or ‘geometries’, that take into account the changing thermal properties of the fluids as they pass through ...

3D printing’s real value is that you can whip up objects in all kinds of whacky geometries with a minimum of fuss. However, there’s almost always some post-processing to do. Like many manufactured ...

F ile this under “celebrity favors I did not see coming.” Jay Leno is known for many things. He’s a comedian, a longtime Tonight Show host, decades-long rival to David Letterman, a car whisperer, and ...