But we'll use it for now. Today's project is a simple tray made from rectangles. The idea is that if you can create rectangular slabs, you can turn them into a lot of useful objects.

A seamless looping video frame of dynamic, abstract metaball shapes in motion against a pink-violet background. The composition features a transparent rectangular overlay in the foreground, ideal for ...

Such project-specific details make this hub ideal for one-off 3D printing. As for the arms, we could spin up a 3D print job for two long rectangular blocks of plastic.

These are but a tiny selection of the practical 3D printing projects available on the Thingiverse. Let us know what other awesome things you want to see printed in 3D in the comments below.

Enterprise North executive manager Kevin Byrne and the Northern Frontier Foundation, led by businessman Dean Pradel, have released a new blueprint and 3D fly-through video showing how Cairns could ...

No rectangular printed lightboxes here, this is fully custom stuff. To that end, a 3D printer is the perfect tool for the job, as it lets the shop produce signs in any shape desired with no need ...