3d Printing

Science

How A 3D-Printed Jaw Let A Woman Eat Again

9:00PM February 6, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

If dental hygiene isn’t high on your priorities, don’t worry: now you can just print a new set of teeth. Last year, an 83-year-old woman had her entire lower jaw replaced with a 3D printed replica. More »


Gadgets

Wire Stripper Lights Up When You’ve Cut Deep Enough

2:00AM February 2, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

Thingiverse user Brian Beebe created this fantastic wire stripping tool that uses a simple electric circuit and a couple of razor blades so you always know when to stop cutting. More »


Gadgets

This Cube Made Of Gears Shouldn’t Work, But It Does

9:20PM December 12, 2011 | Jamie Condliffe

Science

Researchers Use 3D Printer To Create Bones

6:40PM December 1, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

When you shatter your kneecap, the surgeon may use an implanted scaffold to coax your bones to knit back together properly. But what happens to the scaffold once you’re healed? With this new system, the scaffold just melts away. More »


Geek Out

9 Aesthetic Prosthetics

4:00PM November 29, 2011 | Oobject.com

Advances in modern prosthetic technology are quickly redefining what constitutes a “disability”. Our friends at Oobject have compiled nine of the latest cutting-edge limb replacements in existence. More »


Computing

Can 3D Printers Make Libraries Useful Again?

4:40PM November 10, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

As the printed word gives way to digital distribution, libraries must change in both form and function in order to remain relevant in the internet age. One New York book repository has taken the lead in this effort by installing the country’s first “maker’s space” within a public library. More »


Geek Out

Australian-Made UAV Uses 3D-Printed Parts

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1:30PM October 22, 2011 | Logan Booker

Unmanned reconnaissance is all the rage these days, if you happen to be paranoid ex-military or on the extreme side of Facebook stalking. Regardless of the source of your psychosis, you’d probably get your hardware from Cyber Technology, a Western Australia-based company that manufacturers the cyberQuad MINI UAV shown above. More »


Geek Out

These 3D Printed Masks Are A Mugger’s Dream Come True

5:00AM October 11, 2011 | Adrian Covert

For $US4000, a Japanese company called Real-f will make a photorealistic mask of your face they call a three-dimensional photo form. Sure, you can tell it’s fake if you look close enough. But what if you weren’t looking so closely? More »


Computing

We Need Food Printers, Like, Yesterday

4:30AM September 14, 2011 | Kwame Opam

I don’t make the best nutritional choices of anyone I know. I don’t have the time to not eat chips for breakfast. What I need in my life is a food printer. Seriously. It’s time we started seeing them! More »


Gadgets

HP Now Printing… Carry-All Handbags?

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11:30AM September 9, 2011 | Alex Kidman

HP’s Designjet L25500 isn’t the kind of thing you can stick on an normal desk, unless it’s an abnormally large desk. It’s designed for large scale printing work, or as HP’s shown off, printing fashionable handbags. Hang on a minute. Printing what now? More »