The 3D print files are all clearly labeled, so there’s no doubt as to which character is meant to be which piece. That said, there’s nothing to stop you swapping them around, making Leia the ...

3D printing can be a fun and productive hobby and skill, but there can be a lot of confusion around the files involved. Here are some you should know about.

At the big 3D Print Week event last month in New York City, Hewlett-Packard (HP) alluded to a big announcement related to 3D Printing file formats. A week later, at the Build 2015 event, Microsoft ...

Some 3D scanners allow you to scan files in color or with no colors. I scanned a flower pot using the MetroX scanner, and it ...

Microscopic Star Trek spaceship. Rachel Doherty and Samia Ouhajji By using a 3D printer, the scientists have discovered that they can print any shape of microswimmers, including boats and starships.

This unfeasibly tiny 3D printed, 15 micrometer model of the USS Voyager—well of an Intrepid-class starship (we can't quite make out the designation)—can actually move under its own power.

A video that demonstrates how to 3D-print a crossguard lightsaber, as seen in the new "Star Wars" trailer. Lasers not included. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV ...

Homo naledi fossil scans are now available to 3D print at home. ... a palaeoanthropologist on the Rising Star Expedition, ... the software for my MakerBot printer, and generated a print file.

Think 3D printers are just for making Yoda heads and Starship Enterprise replicas? From working tweezers to iPhone cases, we printed some genuinely useful objects easily. You can too. Since 2004 ...

The print files are free to download, so as long as you’ve got access to a 3D printer of some kind, you can manufacture all the parts and build the drone yourself. Test 10 - Inspire clone .. it ...

Here are the best free 3D prints for sci-fi fans, from Star Wars through to Dune. ... All you need to bring these models to life is a 3D printer and the files found below. ... 3D printing tips ...

The Disarming Corruptor is a free piece of software designed to "corrupt" and "repair" an STL file used to 3D print. It's based on seven key values that can be tweaked to distort the file.