http://www.gizmodo.co.uk Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:02:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/3d-printing-graduates-from-plastic-chunks-to-incredible-micro-batteries/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/3d-printing-graduates-from-plastic-chunks-to-incredible-micro-batteries/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:30:01 +0000 Eric Limer http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=175211 3D printing is great for building lifeless husks out of plastic, but soon we’ll be able to start printing guts as well. Scientists have figured out how to coax a fully functioning lithium-ion battery out of nothing but some paste, and those small batteries could have big applications. Developed by researchers from Harvard and the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/3d-printing-graduates-from-plastic-chunks-to-incredible-micro-batteries/feed/ 3 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/artists-are-3d-printing-a-room-that-looks-like-an-alien-cathedral/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/artists-are-3d-printing-a-room-that-looks-like-an-alien-cathedral/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:30:35 +0000 Leslie Horn http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=174984 Who cares about plastic 3D-printed models of your head when an amazing, ornate room is being 3D printed out of sandstone? Digital Grotesque, as the project is called, looks like it was ripped from the frames of a sci-fi film. Designers Benjamin Dillenburger and Michael Hansmeyer recently previewed a 1:3 scale model of the room [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/artists-are-3d-printing-a-room-that-looks-like-an-alien-cathedral/feed/ 2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/a-tour-of-the-new-makerbot-factory-where-3d-printers-are-born/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/a-tour-of-the-new-makerbot-factory-where-3d-printers-are-born/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:30:23 +0000 Nick Stango http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=173999 MakerBot is building an empire selling printers that make things—but have you ever wondered where the printers themselves are made? On June 7th, the company opened a huge new factory to accommodate the booming demand for Replicators, and we got a first-hand look inside. At the 50,00-square-foot operation, which is located on the waterfront deep [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/a-tour-of-the-new-makerbot-factory-where-3d-printers-are-born/feed/ 2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/you-can-finally-3d-print-your-own-computer-kind-of/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/you-can-finally-3d-print-your-own-computer-kind-of/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:00:02 +0000 Andrew Liszewski http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=173395 Tired of paying the ridiculous markup for brand-name computers, even ones you build yourself? Thanks to the miracle of 3D printing (miracle still being perfected) you can now print yourself an entire computer on the cheap—assuming you’ve got free access to a 3D printer, and don’t need anything more than a basic calculator. The plans [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/you-can-finally-3d-print-your-own-computer-kind-of/feed/ 4 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/nike-and-adidas-are-3d-printing-prototypes-at-impossible-speeds/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/nike-and-adidas-are-3d-printing-prototypes-at-impossible-speeds/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:00:30 +0000 Peter Ha http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=173098 It shouldn’t come as a surprise that 3D printers are helping shoe manufacturers accelerate the prototyping of new shoes. But just how big is that impact? The Financial Times reports that both Nike and Adidas are embracing the semi-new technology and churning out prototypes at “previously impossible” speeds. Adidas previously required a team of 12 [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/nike-and-adidas-are-3d-printing-prototypes-at-impossible-speeds/feed/ 11 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/11-spectacular-3d-printer-failures/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/11-spectacular-3d-printer-failures/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:00:17 +0000 Leslie Horn http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=171188 Just because you have a 3D printer doesn’t mean you’re going to make anything remarkable. It doesn’t even mean you’re going to wind up with what you set out to produce. Believe it or not, 3D printing requires some skill. And when you don’t have it, things go delightfully askew. While there are plenty of [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/11-spectacular-3d-printer-failures/feed/ 15 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/naval-aircraft-carriers-could-become-floating-3d-printing-factories/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/naval-aircraft-carriers-could-become-floating-3d-printing-factories/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 17:00:48 +0000 Andrew Tarantola http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=169311 These days, the mention of 3D-printed weapons conjures up visions of libertarians printing AK-47s in their garages (ok, that might just be me). But a recent story in the Armed Forces Journal brings word of a more systematic implementation of 3D-printed warfare. According to one Lieutenant Commander Michael Llenza, the US Navy’s future lies in [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/naval-aircraft-carriers-could-become-floating-3d-printing-factories/feed/ 1 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/3d-printed-gun-tested-again-this-time-it-self-destructs/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/3d-printed-gun-tested-again-this-time-it-self-destructs/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 11:15:55 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=168608 A new test print-’n-shoot of that controversial 3D printed gun has not gone quite as planned, with police in Australia printing up a pair of Liberators — only to see one blow itself to pieces when fired for the first time. The test was carried out by the New South Wales Police Force, who released the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/3d-printed-gun-tested-again-this-time-it-self-destructs/feed/ 8 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/how-a-3d-printer-helped-a-child-breathe-again/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/how-a-3d-printer-helped-a-child-breathe-again/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:48 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=168301 When Kaiba Gionfriddo was born, his parents never expected to have to look on, helpless, as his windpipe collapsed daily and stopped him from breathing. They were desperate—so when a team of researchers suggested that a 3D printer could help, they leapt at the chance. So a team from the University of Michigan set about [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/how-a-3d-printer-helped-a-child-breathe-again/feed/ 4 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/forget-3d-printed-guns-here-are-some-3d-printed-shotgun-slugs/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/forget-3d-printed-guns-here-are-some-3d-printed-shotgun-slugs/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 11:30:25 +0000 Brian Barrett http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=168155 The fact that we can 3D-print guns, each scarier than the last, is unsettling enough. But why would we stop at weapon itself? Why not 3D-printed ammo? Like, say, these devastating shotgun slugs, fresh from a Solidoodle 3 printer. Wired had a nice long chat with Jeff Heeszel, the man seen in the video above [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/forget-3d-printed-guns-here-are-some-3d-printed-shotgun-slugs/feed/ 9 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-next-frontier-in-3d-printing-is-pizza/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-next-frontier-in-3d-printing-is-pizza/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:58 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=167551 Forget guns, here’s a 3D printing development that can’t be overhyped and pretty much anyone with the munchies can get behind. NASA’s sinking a chunk of change into 3D printing food, starting with the humble pizza, in a new project aimed at evolving the future of food for both space and back here on Earth. [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-next-frontier-in-3d-printing-is-pizza/feed/ 5 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/why-3d-printing-is-just-like-daft-punks-latest-album/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/why-3d-printing-is-just-like-daft-punks-latest-album/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:39 +0000 Commenter Nick Allen http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166479 The “great unwashed” is now aware of 3D printing — they’ve read about it in the papers; on blogs, or seen it on TV. They think that it’s as simple as downloading products or making them themselves, using CAD programs, apps and 3D scanners; printing them out at home or in localised print shops. But [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/why-3d-printing-is-just-like-daft-punks-latest-album/feed/ 33 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/3d-printed-gun-on-a-train-poses-international-security-risk-says-daily-mail/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/3d-printed-gun-on-a-train-poses-international-security-risk-says-daily-mail/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 10:30:08 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165223 While some experts claim the plastic “gun” is about as effective a weapon as holding a bullet in your hand with a pair of pliers and hitting it with a pin, it hasn’t stopped some from panicking about the possible mass proliferation of plastic weaponry. A worried-looking young Mail on Sunday reporter caused a bit [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/3d-printed-gun-on-a-train-poses-international-security-risk-says-daily-mail/feed/ 33 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/disney-world-will-slap-your-head-on-a-stormtrooper-now/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/disney-world-will-slap-your-head-on-a-stormtrooper-now/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 16:00:46 +0000 Andrew Liszewski http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164829 Last summer guests at Disney’s Hollywood Studios had the opportunity to get a miniature version of themselves frozen in carbonite thanks to the magic of 3D printing. And this year that one-of-a-kind souvenir will be available again, with the addition of a Stormtrooper option if you like what the Empire has been doing in that [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/disney-world-will-slap-your-head-on-a-stormtrooper-now/feed/ 2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/100000-people-already-downloaded-3d-printed-gun-plans-so-what/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/100000-people-already-downloaded-3d-printed-gun-plans-so-what/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 11:00:03 +0000 Ashley Feinberg http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164626 In just two days, blueprints for the world’s first (almost) entirely 3D printed gun have made their way onto the hard drives of over 100,000 potential quick-draws around the world. And the idea of this many people gaining non-regulated access to lethal weapons this quickly should be sending us into a mass, hysterical moral panic, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/100000-people-already-downloaded-3d-printed-gun-plans-so-what/feed/ 15 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/oh-crap-the-worlds-first-entirely-3d-printed-gun-has-been-successfully-test-fired/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/oh-crap-the-worlds-first-entirely-3d-printed-gun-has-been-successfully-test-fired/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 09:00:41 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=163475 Just days after revealing that he was working on a 100-per-cent 3D-printed weapon, Defence Distributed boss and scary sunglasses-wearer Cody Wilson appears to have successfully test-fired the ‘Liberator’ pistol, a gun made entirely out of plastic. Spiffing. The ‘Liberator’ is a fairly wonky-looking pistol, constructed entirely (yes, including the barrel) out of plastic — the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/oh-crap-the-worlds-first-entirely-3d-printed-gun-has-been-successfully-test-fired/feed/ 42 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/wood-salt-and-wonder-the-renewable-future-of-3d-printing/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/wood-salt-and-wonder-the-renewable-future-of-3d-printing/#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 12:00:25 +0000 Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=162886 Weapons. Toys. Entire skulls. There’s no limit to the objects we can 3D print these days, but the materials themselves haven’t evolved as quickly—we’re still stuck in a world of plastic, steel, and ceramic. That’s all about to change, thanks to the work of a small Oakland fabrication studio called Emerging Objects. Emerging Objects is [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/wood-salt-and-wonder-the-renewable-future-of-3d-printing/feed/ 7 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-worlds-first-entirely-3d-printed-gun/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-worlds-first-entirely-3d-printed-gun/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 15:00:30 +0000 Casey Chan http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=163269 If you think that piece of plastic above is just a toy, you’d be wrong. It’s an actual gun. That fires standard handgun bullets. That’s 3D printed. Yes, printed. It’s the first entirely 3D printed gun, previous 3D printed weapons have just been specific parts. Welcome to the future. The 3D printed gun, called ‘The [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-worlds-first-entirely-3d-printed-gun/feed/ 15 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/this-3d-printed-cyborg-ear-comes-with-a-built-in-antenna/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/this-3d-printed-cyborg-ear-comes-with-a-built-in-antenna/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 22:00:27 +0000 Ashley Feinberg http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=162847 While still not entirely commonplace, 3D-printed body parts made of actual, living tissue have started popping up at a wonderfully alarming rate. The most recent iteration, though, takes the concept one whole cyborg-tinged step further. Researchers at Princeton successfully created a prototype, artificial ear that rolls 3D-printed cells in with an antenna for one terrifyingly [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/this-3d-printed-cyborg-ear-comes-with-a-built-in-antenna/feed/ 0 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/makerbot-founder-3d-printing-and-the-next-industrial-revolution/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/makerbot-founder-3d-printing-and-the-next-industrial-revolution/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 19:00:55 +0000 Leslie Horn http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=162595 You can 3D print just about anything, from dresses to snowboards to a human face. A big part of the reason 3D printing is closing in on the mainstream is thanks to MakerBot, which is equipping anyone with an imagination—and $2,200 for a MakerBot Replicator—to print the physical manifestations of their dreams. MakerBot was one [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/makerbot-founder-3d-printing-and-the-next-industrial-revolution/feed/ 2