A lot can go wrong when you're printing a 3D object, with the inconvenient "stringing" being one of the most common.

Stringing is a common issue that 3D printing enthusiasts encounter. It occurs when the printer’s nozzle shoots out tiny strands of material as it moves between different parts of a print. These ...

To avoid this particular phenomenon, 3D printing slicers generally have options like retraction and wiping. But, instead of trying to stop the stringing, [Chris Harrison, Gierad Laput, and Xiang ...

Today's big news, courtesy of Quartz, is about the expiration of laser sintering patents that will change the face of 3D printing in 2014. In short, the reason "good" 3D printers - namely the ones ...