A lot of life is plotting ways to freak your friends out, and there's nothing like a weird robotic head sitting on your desk to do the job. Maki is an "emotive robot" from HelloRobo that you build with 3D printed parts, plus third party tech like sensors. Read More >>
Featured comment by TankBoyBen:
"not yet but ive backed one on kickstarter.....now just hoping for that tax rebate so i don't have to cancel my ledge at the last min :P" More »
3D printing isn't all about making guns and toys — some researchers are using it to make real medical advances. Now, a team of researchers from the University of Oxford has managed to create a 3D printer that can produce synthetic tissue using just water and oil. Read More >>
Ask anyone who was an avid gamer in the 1990s what the greatest console game of all time is, and a vast majority will say GoldenEye on the N64. Many of us lost a good chunk of our childhood to the game's fantastic multiplayer mode and its wonderful weaponry, including the dastardly remote mines which you can now enjoy in real life. Read More >>
Featured comment by Retuer:
"Or... Buy an old PC joystick PC Commander Pro), and spray it grey, add a few LEDs, and throw in a cheapo red button! Almost wish I'd kept mine - only ..." More »
After getting teased with the trailer for Click. Print. Gun, Motherboard's documentary on the 3D printed gun movement, we finally get to watch the whole thing. The doc takes a look at Cody R. Wilson, a 25-year-old University of Texas law student, and how he's been building weapon parts with a 3D printer. Read More >>
While much has been said on the topic of 3D printing within the context of the maker movement, it is in the medical world where arguably the most important advances are being made. Scientists at the Heriot-Watt University in Scotland have recently proven they can print human embryonic stem cells, a breakthrough which has the potential to revolutionise organ replacement in the coming years. Read More >>
Featured comment by palmytomo:
"The replacement of organs is great, but it presumably also means you could replace entire limbs and body, and even perhaps the brain, making us immort..." More »
Vice Motherboard just released a trailer for Click. Print. Gun., its upcoming documentary on 3D printed guns, and you get to see a glimpse of the terrifying future that is having access to guns and gun parts that you can just click and print. The doc follows Cody R. Wilson, a guy who has home printed a semi-automatic rifle and uploaded all the info on the Internet. Fun! [Vice] Read More >>
You may remember Cody Wilson from our previous coverage of his group's attempts to 3-D-print parts for AR-15 assault rifles. Well, in a slightly confusing move for someone whose aim is to stick it to the man, he's gone and and acquired a federal firearms license. Read More >>
Featured comment by ScyBy:
"Meh. :)
Personally, I never knew what was so wrong with the original 2013 model...
And yeah, most of us have faces that would make babies cry, s..." More »
Once a tool designed exclusively for trained technicians, 3D printers are now almost as easy to use as your desktop inkjet—except when it comes to designing and prepping the requisite 3D models. That step still requires an expertise with 3D modelling software, and is a barrier to 3D printing that MakerBot hopes to remove with its new Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner. Read More >>
I'm not sure whether this is exciting medical progress or just plain scary, but a man has had the first ever 3D-printed skull-replacement fitted, swapping out a whole 75 per cent of his noggin. Read More >>
If you want a permanent reminder of an amazing hike, ski trip, or whatever else, here's a good idea: a new website called The Terrainator lets you select your favourite geographical features and get 'em 3D printed. Read More >>
The easy answer: no probably not. But after being shouted out by POTUS himself at the SOTU, 3D printing is slowly, possibly, maybe creeping into a bigger deal for more than just Maker Faire-types. So the wonderful folks at PBS Off Book decided to take a closer look and answer the question once and for all. Will 3D printing change the world? Read More >>
Featured comment by Trolly:
"Yeah, I've been planning a series of articles that say exactly the opposite, 3D printing is going to blow the doors off'a this joint." More »
Building a spaceship generally isn't something you do on a whim. But that's not quite the case with this tiny one, which can be fully printed by lasers in under a minute. Using mirrors and — fittingly — lasers, the laser lithography system flashes laser power to solidify piles of powdered polymer into a pretty sweet little model of the Hellcat from Wing Commander. I want one for my desk. And a microscope to admire it. [Nanoscibe via DVICE] Read More >>
An American bunch of pro-gun techies has spent the past couple months sinking time and money into a project to create a 'Wiki-weapon', a 3D printed gun that anyone can download and build for themselves. Up until now, they've been a bit of a joke, but their latest efforts seem to be bearing some fruit. And that scares me witless. Read More >>
Back in 1999, the coolest trend in tech was to swap the plastic cover of your beloved Nokia 5110 for a jazzier, more colourful number. Now, Nokia is reincarnating that trend, by releasing mecahnical drawings of the back cover of its Lumia 820 so that users can 3D print their own. Read More >>
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