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

Advances in additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, have generated increasingly powerful capabilities for producing geometrically complex structures that could not be made using ...

Examples of 3D printed products from the HP Multi Jet Fusion 3D printer, which allows for flexible designs with both soft and hard plastic in a single print. Co-directors of the HP-NTU Corporate Lab, ...

Murray Leinster’s short story Things Pass By, published in 1945, includes what may be the first description of 3D printers: But this constructor is both efficient and flexible. I feed magnetronic ...

Gaming accessories can be expensive or it can be hard to find exactly what you want, but you can save yourself some trouble with a 3D printer.

Prosthetics for injured animals are becoming increasingly possible and accessible thanks to 3D printing. Historically, artificial devices for wildlife have been expensive and very time-consuming to ...

3D printing is getting less finicky in 2026. New materials, machines, and software are cutting setup times and making high-quality prints easier.