The New Era of Movies with 3D printing

While the use of computer graphics technologies in cinematography is no longer surprising, 3D printing in this area is rarely mentioned. But this doesn’t mean that 3D printers are not used in movies at all. One of the most challenging…

A 3D-printed house was built in only 24 hours

BY: SHAWNTAE HARRIS While the horrific taunt of bills, student debt, and high rent plague this generation of innovators, one San Francisco Company has found a solution. Apis Cor is building houses using a 3D printer in only 24 hours. One…

New 3D technology prints out pizza in any shape imaginable

BY: NADIA ZAIDI  Let’s stop everything for a moment and marvel in the genius of this newest innovation in 3D printing technology: pizza in the shape of anything you want. All you have to do is hook it up to your…

Spain just unveiled the world’s first 3D-printed pedestrian bridge 

BY: ELIJAH BASSETT With the growing popularity of 3D printing lately, it was only a matter of time before someone tried something crazy.  But the crazy part here is that they actually succeeded.  In Madrid, architects and engineers from the…

3D printed micro-rockets will soon deliver drugs to your body

BY: LISA MICHAELS Recent experiments from research scientists at the Chemical and Biological Engineering department of the University of Sheffield, England have led to an exciting medical innovation. Their work has leveraged the use of new 3D inkjet printing technology…

Scientists are now making human body parts using 3D printers

BY: STEFANIE AWRONSKI 3D printing has had an impressive and decorated existence. The ridiculously cool invention in its 30-plus year run has seen the creation of things as trivial as action figurines, but also wheelchairs for two-legged animals, casts and…

Say goodbye to cavities – These 3D-printed teeth kill bacteria responsible for tooth decay on contact

BY:TREVOR HEWITT Lost a tooth? No problem, just print another. A strange notion, but one that Dutch researchers are trying to make a reality with 3D-printed teeth made from antimicrobial plastic. Scientists in the Netherlands developed the material by adding…

With this 3-D printer you can build 10 tiny houses in under 24 hrs for less than $5,000 each

BY: EDITORS A new technology is hoping to give a facelift to the dilapidated living conditions of rural villages in China. See, China has a problem—income in urban areas is three times higher than in rural areas and as time…

This 19-year-old invented a prosthetic arm that you can 3D print for free

BY: DANIEL KORN Need a hand? 19-year-old Easton LaChapelle has a mechanical one for you that is more advanced than standard limited-motion prosthetics. Oh, and its 3D printing schematics are available for free, courtesy of his accessible technology start-up Unlimited…

The first household 3D printers are self-replicating

BY: TED BARNABY We’ve seen Google Glass, solar power roadways and the Oculus Rift, but when it comes to holy-shit-we’re-in-the-future gadgets, 3D printing is likely the most eligible of the new technologies. Ever since the release of the first 3D…