Sketchfab is launching a much needed feature — a download button. As a reminder, Sketchfab is a sort of YouTube for 3D models, where everyone can upload and browse ...

As 3D printing technology continues to grow rapidly, and 3D printers within homes become more and more commonplace, solving the problem of "what to print" is becoming ever more pressing. MyMiniFactory ...

There are numerous ways you can print objects in 3D starting today, without having to buy a 3D printer or use fancy 3D modeling software. When reading about 3D printers, there's usually an asterisk ...

Photofly 2, a free piece of software from Autodesk, the company behind the ancient and illustrious AutoCAD software, can stitch standard digital photos into accurate 3D models. You don't need a fancy ...

Consumer-level 3D printing technology has moved ahead in leaps and bounds in recent years with the release of devices such as the Thing-o-Matic, the Replicator and Cubify 3D printers. Proponents of ...

UW engineers have developed the first 3D-printed plastic objects that can connect to WiFi without electronics. The attachment above can sense when your laundry soap is running low — and automatically ...

Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes CNET's popular Cheapskate blog and co-hosts Protocol 1: A Travelers Podcast (about the TV show ...

Build and animate complex 3D objects and accurately-engineered models with 3DCrafter. Amabilis Software’s 3DCrafter (freeware) is a modeling and animation tool that promises drag-and-drop control. Don ...

OpenAI is making rapid advances in a new text-to-3D object system it's been working on. The Shap-E AI, available as an open-source download, can generate 3D assets straight from a text description, or ...

Jumsoft on Friday released Keynote Objects 1.0, a US$25 package of 15 3D objects for Apple’s Keynote presentation software. They’re not just images, but “living” images, the company said. The movies ...

3D printers have, surprisingly, been in existence since the eightie recently that they’ve become affordable. And, while it’s not quite the same as having a replicator in your home, there’s a definite ...

OpenAI‘s latest endeavor, Shap-E, is a model that allows you to generate 3D objects from text, not unlike how Dall-E can create 2D images. According to OpenAI, Shap-E is “a conditional generative ...