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The Home 3-D Printer Is More Real Than Ever--And Costs As Much As An iPad

BY Kit Eaton | 04-26-2012 | 7:33 AM | DESIGN

The printer of the future is no longer just for professionals and electronics buffs. They're here, they're affordable, and they're multiplying.READ MORE›

Student, 22, Founds Company Selling On-Demand, 3-D Printed Eyewear

BY Suzanne LaBarre | 09-29-2011 | 9:00 AM | MAKE EYEWEAR

A couple years ago, industrial-design student David Minich went shopping for eyeglasses, but couldn’t find anything he liked. So he vowed to design his own. “I had already used 3-D printing at school,” he tells Co.Design. “So ... READ MORE›

3-D Prints Of Vocal Chords Let Extinct Mammoths Roar Again

BY Alissa Walker | 07-14-2011 | 8:01 AM | MARGUERITE HUMEAU

Scientists employ all sorts of techniques to introduce us to extinct animals in the context of a museum, but for the most part, those techniques are largely visual. We usually don't get to learn how they smelled, for example, or how ... READ MORE›

Zoolander Meets Dr. Evil: Kinect Hack Prints Out a Model Mini-You

BY Kit Eaton | 04-01-2011 | 8:56 AM | INNOVATION

Ever want to be a model? Then you'll love this new hack that combines 3-D imaging and a RepRap machine to turn you into...a model! It's clever, and hints at two powerful futures for tech.READ MORE›

Freedom of Creation Unveils Customizable 3-D Font

BY Suzanne LaBarre | 12-16-2010 | 10:31 AM | RAPID PROTOTYPING

We’ve got a hot one for all you typography freaks out there: The Dutch rapid-prototyping juggernaut Freedom of Creation has released an arty new font designed explicitly to be printed in 3-D. The result is a snaking, spiraling, ... READ MORE›

Hackers Create Virtual Pottery Wheel (That Makes Real Pottery)

BY Cliff Kuang | 06-02-2010 | 11:34 AM | DESIGN

Users can mold a virtual, 3-D model, and have it printed out on demand.READ MORE›

Printable Brick Could Cut World's Carbon Emissions by "At Least" 800 Million Tons a Year [UPDATED]

BY Cliff Kuang | 05-12-2010 | 10:03 AM | DESIGN

The brick, made of sand, bacteria, and urea, has won Metropolis's 2010 Next Generation award.READ MORE›

Boeing Rapid-Prototypes Its Phantom Ray Spy Plane Into Flight

BY Kit Eaton | 05-11-2010 | 7:13 AM | INNOVATION

Boeing's newest research aircraft got a public unveiling yesterday, which is interesting for such a future-facing aircraft that's surely destined for a ton of cloak-and-dagger work. It's an unmanned spy plane, and even its looks are ...READ MORE›

Iron Man 2's Secret Sauce: 3-D Printing

BY Cliff Kuang | 05-07-2010 | 10:34 AM | DESIGN

Exclusive pics of the 3-D printing process behind the Iron Man 2 costumes.READ MORE›

NYC Designer Brings Bits of Brooklyn to Milan

BY Cliff Kuang | 04-09-2010 | 11:02 AM | TECHNOLOGY

Next week's Milan Furniture Fair is probably the biggest design event in the world--but Americans are almost completely shut out of it. One exception: Alissia Melka-Teichroew, a young New Yorker and Dutch immigrant. Unlike most young ... READ MORE›

3-D Printed Shoes: Quite the Feet

BY Cliff Kuang | 03-19-2010 | 2:56 PM | DESIGN

You can make anything from 3-D printing, from impossibly complex lamps to chain-mail bags to entire buildings. So it's actually kind of surprising that 3-D printed shoes aren't more common. Maybe someday soon: For her master's ...READ MORE›

3-D Printing Whole Buildings in Stone...in Space: This Printer Rocks

BY William Bostwick | 03-11-2010 | 11:07 AM | DESIGN

Enrico Dini's brilliant-or-crazy (or both) prototype machine prints entire buildings in solid rock... On the MOON!READ MORE›

3-D Printed Pottery Would Have Given Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore Brutal Paper Cuts

BY William Bostwick | 02-22-2010 | 11:20 AM | DESIGN

The Belgian studio Unfold pioneers 3-D printed ceramics.READ MORE›

Project Management: Moving at the Speed of Backwards

BY Shawn Graham | 02-08-2010 | 12:45 PM | CAREERS

You’ve received a mandate from your boss and you’re raring to go. But instead of bursting out of the gate, you’re left spinning your wheels; you’re at the mercy of variables that are often beyond your control. Although there ...READ MORE›

Need an Artery? Just Print One Out

BY Cliff Kuang | 01-04-2010 | 4:11 PM | DESIGN

A new firm plans to market 3-D printers that might one day be capable of fabricating entire organs.READ MORE›

An Amazing Collapsible Lamp

BY Cliff Kuang | 12-03-2009 | 10:36 AM | DESIGN

You've got to see the video of Studio Dror's new lamp to appreciate its stunning complexity.READ MORE›

Fishing Rods From Carrot Sticks and Canvas Made of Concrete?! Seven Amazing Materials

BY Cliff Kuang | 11-25-2009 | 12:57 PM | INNOVATION

Behind every classic of design lies some innovation in materials or fabrication. So what materials will tomorrow's brilliant new products be made from? Material Connexion, a materials library for designers, has just unveiled its inaugural MEDIUM awards, for the best materials of the year. Here's an exclusive sneak peek of a few of those mind-bending innovations.READ MORE›

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