In this Eye on Patents column, IP expert Jason Lye explains how China became the global leader in chemistry patents ...

James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser ...

A Bengaluru-based company has developed a metal 3D printing system that can mass-produce high-precision metal parts at nearly half the cost and in a fraction of the time taken by existing machines.

Why cardboard matters: Cardboard is inexpensive, versatile, and easy to source, making it an ideal medium for testing designs, creating mockups, and experimenting without costly waste. Dialing in ...

AI is transforming laser engraving and cutting by helping creators generate precise, vector-ready designs faster than ever. With the right prompts, you can go from idea to clean SVG files optimized ...

There’s a great reason 3D printers are made with things like extruded aluminum rails and other commodity, off-the-shelf parts ...

One evening in the early 1970s, Michael Pachovas and a few friends wheeled themselves to a curb in Berkeley, Calif., poured cement into the form of a crude ramp, and rolled off into the night. 1 For ...

Document management is an important yet time-consuming process — especially if you’re not using an electronic system to help you. A computerized filing system can assist with creating, storing, ...