Before '3D printing' became a catch-all term, the hardware, which has been in use for decades, was referred to as a rapid prototyper. But even waiting ...

Northwell Health is pioneering 3D-printed, detailed models of body parts to help ... “The use of 3D printing in medicine allows us to pull the patients’ anatomy off of a computer screen ...

Ford began using this technology decades ago, purchasing the third 3D printer ever made, in 1988. According to Ford, the company first used 3D- printed parts for prototype buttons, switches and knobs.

3D computer graphics (in contrast to 2D computer graphics) are graphics that utilize a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer for the purposes of ...

DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. — Ten years ago, Ford 3D-printed perhaps 4,000 prototype parts for its vehicles. Today, just one of the automaker’s five 3D prototyping centers churns out more than ...

Instead, engineers designed a solution to restore the cracked frames to their original strength by creating repair fittings using Computer-Aided Design models. “After five iterations of 3D ...

Desktop 3D Printers, gee-whiz technology with mainstream potential, get the Consumer Reports lab treatment.

This so-called Large Photogrammetry Model is able to reconstruct 3D objects and scenes from just a few 2D photos, but with a big difference from current pipelines. Here’s why this is a big deal ...