You may not have your own 3D printer but I guarantee that you know someone who does. With an estimated industry worth of $100 billion by 2030, 3D printing is a growing trend that can only become more ...

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 ...

We love 3D printing. We’ll print brackets, brackets for brackets, and brackets to hold other brackets in place. Perhaps even a guilty-pleasure Benchy. But 3D printed shoes? That’s where we start to ...

When my son was in second-grade, he used a 3D printing pen to make a pair of eyeglass frames. They were as brittle as a toothpick, with rims as thin as dental floss and clown-red frames that wobbled ...

If you’ve ever thought about 3D printing shoes, you’ll enjoy watching the video below about a Portland-based company that creates shoes on demand using an HP MJF 5200 3D printer. Granted, this isn’t a ...

If you guessed Nike or Adidas was the first company with plans to launch a 3D-printed running shoe, you'd get an "A" for thought process. After all, they're the global giants in the athletic shoe ...

Shoe maker Syntilay has unveiled its new PulsePodz shoes, which it claims couldn’t have been made without 3D printing and AI. These recovery slides feature nine individual pods on the base, designed ...

Though additive manufacturing wouldn’t exist for another 40 years, the prolific American sci-fi author Murray Leinster penned a 1945 short story featuring a spookily prescient description of what we ...

Adidas is launching the Adidas 4DFWD, an athletic performance shoe that has a 3D printed midsole via a partnership with 3D printing company Carbon. The two companies have combined athlete data and ...

Hilos this week announced a $3 million investment round. The company makes 3D-printed footwear. New investors include former Nike executives Eric Sprunk and Greg Bui. The 3D-printed footwear company ...

Despite 3D printing existing since 1984, it took another 30 years until there was even a whisper of a buzz — and still, it was a short-lived boom, as consumers entertained the pipe dream of owning a ...