Just a few years ago, the idea of kid-friendly 3D printers made for a pretty good April Fools' joke. Well, reality has caught up to the punchline. In February, Mattel launched its $300 ThingMaker, a ...

One of the world’s largest toy makers, Mattel, has long embraced the idea of helping kids build their own toys. Back in the 1960s, the company released the very first ThingMaker, which let kids create ...

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If you have kids, the month of May is probably so busy that it has your head spinning. But, very soon, that will not be the case for many of you. The busyness of May will come to an abrupt end, and ...

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As Halloween approaches, costumes are an expense that many families can’t afford. Students in a Chapman University 3-D printing course put their classroom experience to the test to print free costumes ...

So you want to enable your child's creativity, or you want to bond with them more? That's great! There are many cheap 3D printers out there, but not all of them are good, especially for younger people ...

HOCKESSIN, Del. (WPVI) -- A 16 year old Eagle Scout from New Castle County, Delaware is using 3D printing technology to help kids who need prosthetic hands. It started out as a service project for the ...

You know those little mazes printed on kids’ menus? My tykes love ’em, but usually they’re done in about 30 seconds. Enter Printable Mazes, a site that’s home to–can you guess?–printable mazes.

Engineer Yi Hong, in partnership with Guohao Dai of Northeastern University, is setting his sights on fighting vascular defects in children. Children are more difficult to treat than adults because ...