3D printers are the appliance of choice for a new generation of makers keen to rapidly prototype straight from their computer. But many materials with which 3D printers can produce items have ...

Inventables, a West Loop-based seller of maker supplies, shipped the first of its newest desktop carving machines to Kickstarter backers Wednesday. The machine, called Carvey, is Inventables’ fourth ...

“Carvey” is definitely cutting it at Phillips Academy. This 3-D carving machine has been at the school’s Oliver Wendell Holmes Library for a year now, and Library Director Michael Barker is pleased ...

An off-the-cuff remark made by Inventables CEO Zach Kaplan cost his company more than $10,000, and he couldn’t be happier about it. “I was at the White House for the National Week of Making, and the ...