It used to be that if you wanted to make a nice scale model of an airplane, you’d be building the frame out of thin balsa ribs and covering it all up with tissue paper. Which incidentally was more or ...

3D printing tiny cars isn't new, but this creator's work lets you print a Revell- or Tamiya-style kit you can assemble yourself, just like the good old days. The site is kind of like Etsy for folks ...

Hatsushima is not a particularly busy station, relative to Japanese rail commuting as a whole. It serves a town (Arida) of about 25,000, known for mandarin oranges and scabbardfish, that is shrinking ...

I'll spare you the customary rant about the highs and lows of using the British railway system. Instead, let me tell you about how Japan is getting it right when it comes to promptly replacing key ...

3D printing is a downright futuristic technology. People can use plastic filaments, resin, and other materials to create custom objects. The quality of the print is limited by a user's printer, but ...

In a world first, a railway station in Japan was built using 3D-printed components in under six hours. Construction company Serendix replaced the old wooden Hatsushima station overnight, between the ...

And you think fabrication floor space is free? Or that time is not $? Or that the machine to do the work doesn’t require man hours to program and maintain? A good human framing team can frame a house ...