Articles by Ash Hill, Contributing Writer

Ash is a self-employed tech writer and illustrator with a serious affinity for the Raspberry Pi, 3D printing, retro gaming and finding the best tech deals and coupons. She has over a decade of IT experience and has been featured in the official Raspberry Pi magazine MagPi.

Articles by: Ash Hill

Spacious 24TB hard drive is available for a mere 1 cent per GB — Seagate's BarraCuda 24TB is back on sale for $249

By Ash Hill published 13 September 25

Deals This Seagate BarraCuda 24TB HDD is available at Newegg for $249—one of its best prices to date and an excellent deal for anyone in need of storage.

New 3D printing process could improve superconductors — scientists use 3D-printed ink and heat to create record-breaking surface area

By Ash Hill published 3 September 25

Scientists at Cornell have created a 3D printing process that can help improve superconductor performance with record-breaking surface area on compound superconductors.

Alienware AW3423DWF Curved QD-OLED Gaming Monitor

This 34-inch QD-OLED Alienware gaming monitor is half price for Labor Day — monitor hits all-time low at just $549

By Ash Hill published 31 August 25

Deals The Alienware AW3423DWF is available at Amazon for $549 — the lowest price we've ever seen for this monitor since it first launched.

The capacious 2TB Beetle X31 portable SSD hits all-time low pricing of 6 cents per GB — $118 SK hynix drive is a steal in Labor Day sale

By Ash Hill published 30 August 25

Deals The SK hynix Beetle X31 2TB portable SSD is currently available at Amazon for one of its best prices to date.

Firm pioneers 3D printing copper coolers directly onto processors using OLED manufacturing techniques with 'pixel perfect accuracy' — Fabric8Labs can use either human or AI-optimized cooler designs

By Ash Hill published 30 August 25

Fabric8Labs has created a new 3D printing method that allows for printing copper cooling plates onto chips with extreme precision and intricate detail.

Someone made a 3D printer out of Lego — maker puts together specialist project using bricks, motors, and Python

By Ash Hill published 27 August 25

An enthusiast has created a 3D printer out of Lego bricks that actually works and even printed a Benchy when testing.

US Soldiers learn to 3D print and fly drones in new Army course — 3-week boot camp covers everything from printer maintenance to FPV operation

By Ash Hill published 26 August 25

The U.S. Army has started training soldiers in how to 3D print drones and fly them using FPV goggles.

The 20TB Seagate Expansion Desktop HDD drops to 1 cent per gigabyte of storage — $229 gets you tons of storage, not tons of debt

By Ash Hill published 25 August 25

Deals The 20TB Seagate Expansion Desktop HDD is currently available at Amazon for $229—one of its best prices to date for the hard drive.

The 32-inch Samsung Odyssey G70B gaming monitor is at an all-time low $399 — features a 144 Hz 4K IPS panel

By Ash Hill published 24 August 25

Deals The 32-inch Samsung Odyssey G70B gaming monitor is currently available for $399, its best price to date and one of the best offers you'll find on a monitor with these specs.

This Wolfbox MF100 electric air duster is now just $69 at Amazon — cleans your PC out, not your bank account

By Ash Hill published 23 August 25

Deals The Wolfbox MF100 is available at Amazon for one of its best prices to date over at Amazon—just $69 instead of its usual $89.

Creality announces the $1,200 K2 Pro 3D printer — complete with dual AI cameras, smart bed leveling and support for up to 16 filaments via a CFS

By Ash Hill published 21 August 25

Creality has unveiled the K2 Pro with preorders available on the Creality website and plans to launch the new printer on August 25th.

This 3D printer was repurposed as a robotic camera — and it doubles as a photogrammetry rig for 3D scanning

By Ash Hill published 20 August 25

YouTuber Ben Makes Everything shows off how he transformed his old 3D printer into a working photogrammetry rig.

The award-winning Samsung 990 Pro 4TB SSD is only $279 — our favorite SSD drops to a great price

By Ash Hill published 17 August 25

Deals You can find the Samsung 990 Pro 4TB SSD over at Amazon for $279, one of its best prices to date and a great deal in general.

Scientists 3D print a patch that can be embedded into heart tissue — provides alternative to animal-based tissues

By Ash Hill published 14 August 25

Scientists from ETH Zurich have 3D printed a special patch that can integrate into existing heart tissue to help repair damage, providing an alternative to animal-based tissues like bovine patches.

Students 3D print drone that can swim underwater and fly through the air — 'variable-pitch propeller system' paves way for amphibious breakthrough

By Ash Hill published 13 August 25

Students from Aalborg University in Denmark have 3D printed a custom drone that is able to operate underwater and can seamlessly jump between flight and submerged travel.

This futuristic 3D-printed cyberdeck has two swiveling touchscreens — and it's powered by a Raspberry Pi 5

By Ash Hill published 12 August 25

Maker Sector 07 has created a 3D-printed cyberdeck that features two screens that can swivel between portrait and landscape mode.

Scientists 3D print titanium fuel tank for space travel — world's first to pass critical durability test

By Ash Hill published 11 August 25

A joint team has successfully 3D printed a titanium fuel tank that was able to pass a durability test for space travel.

The Asus Vivobook 16 Flip Laptop is on sale for all-time low $949 at Amazon

By Ash Hill published 10 August 25

Deals The Asus Vivobook 16 Flip Laptop is available at Amazon for one of its best prices to date — $949 instead of its usual $1,999.

Award-winning 1440p 300 Hz gaming monitor drops to a new all-time low of $269

By Ash Hill published 9 August 25

Deals The AOC CQ27G4ZH, our favorite gaming monitor and Editor's Choice, is currently available at Amazon for $269, its lowest price to date according to data from CamelCamelCamel.

Razer's PC-compatible BlackShark V2 X Xbox gaming headset dips to $30 on Amazon — wired 3.5mm connector cans will work with a wide range of other devices

By Ash Hill published 3 August 25

Deals Right now at Amazon, you can find the Razer BlackShark V2 X Xbox gaming headset for $30 — one of the best prices we've seen for this 3.5mm wired PC-compatible headset since it was first released.

Take home a Core 5, RTX 4050 gaming laptop for $892 — the Asus TUF Gaming F16 laptop is great for budget gamers

By Ash Hill published 2 August 25

Deals This edition of the Asus TUF Gaming F16 laptop is available at Amazon for just $892, one of its lowest prices to date, according to data from CamelCamelCamel.

3D printing in space passes industry testing milestone for fabrication of spacecraft and associated equipment — promising future for zero gravity 3D printing

By Ash Hill published 1 August 25

Horizon Microtechnologies has passed outgassing standard tests that bring us one step closer to using 3D printing components in space travel.

You can now 3D print your own NAS bay — the N5 Mini supports five drives and even has customizable faceplates

By Ash Hill published 29 July 25

Jack Harvest has designed an NAS enclosure inspired by the Minisforum N5 that you can 3D print at home to create using a mini PC.

Chinese scientists tout infinitely recyclable 3D printer resin — can be broken down at the molecular level using a thermally reversible photo-click reaction

By Ash Hill published 28 July 25

A team of scientists from Zhejiang University has developed 3D printer resin that can be easily recycled over and over again.

Get AMD's 7800X3D gaming CPU, plus a white Gigabyte B650E Aorus Elite motherboard for $504 at Newegg

By Ash Hill published 27 July 25

Deals You can get the AMD 7800X3D CPU and Gigabyte B650E Aorus Elite X Ice motherboard for just $504 in a combo deal at Newegg.

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