[Andreas Bastian] has been working on a device that turns an off-the-shelf laser cutter into something capable of selective laser sintering of powdered plastics into 3D objects. He’s put in a ...

If you already have a 3D printer, you already have a machine that will trace out gears, cogs, and enclosures over an XY plane. How about strapping a laser to your extruder and turning your printer ...

3D manner. "Increasing the resolution -- the minimum distance between two adjacent features -- is difficult because the intense laser light can cause unwanted exposure in nearby areas during DLW ...

The fourth industrial revolution is now underway with the combination of digital and physical technologies to allow production and control on demand: an industrial internet of things. A crucial ...