Meet the three finalists in NASA’s competition to design a structure that could house humans on Mars.
A man fulfilled his life long dream of building an android with the help of a 3D printer and Hollywood’s sexiest star.
A new business is offering parents-to-be the chance to have a 3D model made of their baby’s face. I suppose nine months is a long time to wait.
Kids and candy, a match made in heaven (or hell if you’re a parent dealing with a sugar high). Now they’re making sweets using 3D printers and it’s proving popular.
Another day, another remarkable stride forward in the race to create technology intelligent enough to one day rule us all. This Terminator-inspired 3D printer is rather impressive.
Boy born without fingers gets amazing Iron Man prosthetic hand for free, and its all thanks to the miracle of 3D printing.
Local Motors, a Chicago-based vehicle company, has 3D printed a plastic car called the Strati and are showing it off at the International Manufacturing Technology Show.
Have a spare $330,000 lying around? In a couple of months you could be the proud owner of thousands of sports goggles, flexible shoes, headphones, a blender or colourful football and bike helmets – nearly anything you can think of made from polymers.
Some people think bassists are dispensable. Some bands, like the Black Keys for instance, don’t even have a bassist! Victoria University of Wellington engineering student, James McVay (no relation), may have put a lot of bassists out of work, thanks to his bachelor’s degree project, the MechBass, a four-string robotic bass guitar. Built with laser-cut 3D-printed […]
If you have ever wanted to be an astronaut, but the thought of eating food that miraculously appeared from powder creeped you out, this might be the thing that changes your mind. Take a look why.
When the first 3D printed gun was successfully manufactered and printed, the world sat up and listened. Then the company who made the world’s first 3D printed gun posted the blueprints online, causing America to freak out. Now these engineers have managed to reproduce the 3D printed gun at a fraction of the price.
A 3D printed gun was fired successfully for the first time at a firing range in Austin, Texas in the United States on Saturday morning. Defense Distributed headed by University of Texas law student Cody Wilson, created the gun. The company now plans to make the blueprints available online
By now, we’ve all heard of 3D printing, and by in large, most people appreciate that 3D printing is incredibly excellent. But what many don’t appreciate are a few of major implications that this new technology brings to the table, specifically with regards to small scale manufacture.Widespread availability of 3D printers could change that, and lead to an explosion of technologies and innovation.
Hell, print your own robot army, if you want. The future is NOW! If you have access to a basic 3D printer, a few motors, a circuit board and a cool R7 000, the InMoov robot could be yours. Gael Langevin, a 41 year old French sculptor, model-maker and dedicated robot developer, reckons it’s easy […]
Five year old boy, Liam (whose surname was not published) is the first to test a prosthetic hand created by a 3D printer. He was unfortunately born with no fingers on his right hand. Liam’s hand is “powered via cables and return bungees” and will save him the prospect of having fingers transplanted by surgery. […]