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 ...

The last few years have seen great strides in budget printed circuit board manufacturing. These days you can have boards made in a week for only a few dollars a square inch. Flexible PCBs still tend ...

If you're waiting until November 28 to pick yourself up a Black Friday 3D printer deal, you don't need to wait patiently for the discounts to begin, because there's no harm in preparing ahead of time ...

I'm staring right now at a printer that works about one-third of the time. And even then, it's a crapshoot -- it's likely to jam or fail to print in color without streaking. Why am I keeping it? A ...