NASA is spending about $125,000 to fund research into 3-D-printed food to efficiently feed astronauts on long voyages. The open-source printer, however, may have larger Earthly implications.

In what may be the ultimate collision of 21st century toy tech and a franchise promotion, Disney is offering a Star Wars stormtrooper that has your face 3-D printed on it.

A new public-private initiative for advanced manufacturing will highlight 3-D printing.

While the world worries about 3-D-printed guns, Duke University has developed a technique for 3-D printing a type of invisibility cloak.

Potentially, anyone will be able to print the gun, called "the Liberator," from home.