Crowdfunding sites have been teasing us with inexpensive 3D printers for a year now. But in the end the first modern desktop 3D printer that costs less than $500 came from… Read more »
Stuck in space without a part you desperately need? That’s not such a big deal anymore, thanks to a 3D printer that arrived at the International Space Station last month. 3D… Read more »
Melty chocolate is, it turns out, the perfect consistency for 3D printing. And so Hershey’s and 3D Systems have spent the last year developing chocolate and sugar printers. Hershey’s will open… Read more »
I’ve spent the past two years waiting for a 3D printer that a beginner can unbox and just start using. The CEL Robox wins the award for the first printer I’ve… Read more »
Every day, an average of 18 people die waiting for an organ donation. The growing transplant wait list was 121,272 people long in 2013. A potential solution is 3D printed organs… Read more »
The case originally centered around eight patents filed in the 1990s. It turns out that startups still need to tiptoe around the veterans’ IP. Read more »
3D printing might be an emerging industry, but there are already an overwhelming amount of options. Which one is best for you depends on exactly how you will be using the… Read more »
In a historical milestone, the first 3D printer in space has produced the first object ever printed in space: a faceplate for the printer’s own extruder printhead. The Made in Space… Read more »
The tissue can be used to test if early-stage pharmaceutical drugs are toxic. Organovo is interested in eventually printing entire organs that could be implanted in humans. Read more »
An astronaut installed Made in Space’s printer this morning. It will print a series of test parts before being replaced by a permanent machine next year. Read more »