Your first 3D prints should be simple, practical, and satisfying to finish. This list highlights projects that print easily and still feel genuinely useful.

Useful projects that are fun to build.

Purdue University researchers have developed a patent-pending method to add particles to filament and disperse them evenly through a traditional fused deposition modeling, or FDM, 3D printer, which ...

Patent-pending wet-mixing method for 3D-printed part functionalization. Photo Credit: Purdue University image/Brittany Newell Purdue University (West Lafayette, Ind., U.S.) researchers have developed ...

3D printing has become more and more accessible over the years, and 3D printers are more reliable than ever. Entry-level 3D printers typically cost less than $100, and the printing process itself is ...