A mosquito’s proboscis — the long, thin bit that pierces the skin — makes an excellent nozzle for fine 3-D printing. The proboscis’ unique geometry and mechanics make it well-suited for the task, ...

3D printing may be a breakthrough technology, but it isn’t sustainable. Most printers still rely on petroleum-based plastics, while greener alternatives are too brittle to use in parts that need ...

Getting input from users is one of the first skills every Python programmer learns. Whether you’re building a console app, validating numeric data, or collecting values in a GUI, Python’s input() ...

Anticipating a boom in nuclear energy, the US Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is using 3D-printing to speed up the building of power ...

This question echoes through the halls of commercial printing companies everywhere: "Should we be selling online?" It feels like it’s just sitting there, the pressure to launch an e-commerce ...

Running Python scripts is one of the most common tasks in automation. However, managing dependencies across different systems can be challenging. That’s where Docker comes in. Docker lets you package ...

When you install Python packages into a given instance of Python, the default behavior is for the package’s files to be copied into the target installation. But sometimes you don’t want to copy the ...

When seeing a story from MIT’s Lincoln Labs that promises 3D printing glass, our first reaction was that it might use some rare or novel chemicals, and certainly a super-high-tech printer. Perhaps it ...

Starting next month, Pennsylvania drivers need to put down their cellphone and most electronic devices while driving or risk a $50 ticket. Pennsylvania law has barred drivers from reading, writing or ...