Co.DesignWill 3D-printed design ever be more than a tech fetish?Gantri founder Ian Yang wants to bring 3D-printed products to the masses–and take on giants like Blu Dot and Design Within Reach in the process.
Tech3-D Printing’s Napster MomentThe technology promises a new legal battleground for rights holders, printer developers, and hobbyist figurine makers.
ImpactThese Amazing Prosthetic Hands Were Built By High School StudentsAsk a bunch of kids to design technology for disabled people their age and you get an entirely different kind of creative thinking, from a “Swiss Army Hand” to a functional baseball glove.
Impact3-D Printing Cells For Drug Testing Could Keep Animals Out Of Harm’s WayUsing a hacked MakerBot printer, researchers came up with a way to make human cells that work better than animal testing–and don’t need an animal.
Co.DesignA Children’s Book That Is “The Little Prince” Of 3-D PrintingTaking inspiration from Saint-Exupéry, LEO The Maker Prince hopes to inspire a whole new generation of makers.
TechMakerBot Launches Mission To Put 3-D Printers In Every U.S. Public SchoolThe MakerBot Academy could put as many as 5,000 printers in public schools by the end of this school year.
TechMcDonald’s Might 3-D Print Your Happy Meal (The Toys, Not The Fries)No more settling for the toy of the week, kids.
TechThis Cheap Crowdfunded 3-D Scanner Lets You Reproduce Pretty Much AnythingWant to scan in real-life objects and reproduce them on your 3-D printer? An independent Latvian hacker has already beaten bigger industry rivals like MakerBot in the 3-D scanner game with this super-cheap scanner, now being funded on Indiegogo.
TechMiss Large Format Cameras? Now You Can 3-D Print OneLarge format negatives are higher resolution than even the most expensive digital cameras, but expensive out-of-production equipment has made them impractical for hobbyists. Now creating your own low-overhead version is as easy as downloading a schematic from Thingverse.
ImpactPrint These 20 Things You Don’t Really Need And Your 3-D Printer Pays For Itself3-D printing technology is nearing at a tipping point that makes it actually affordable–but only if you really need that jewelry organizer or garlic press.
TechThe Programmable OrgasmVibease is the latest smart vibrator startup trying to escape the “hardcore” stigma.
Co.Design9 Ways 3-D Printing Makes The World BetterAt last, the oh-cool at-home manufacturing toy turns into an important tool–offering people (and animals) aid on-demand.
Co.DesignMicrosoft Makes 3-D Printing As Simple As Clicking “Print”Windows 8.1 will be the first OS to provide 3-D printers native support. What does that mean to you? The app market is poised for its first 3-D printing explosion.
Co.DesignKickstarting: A Desktop Mill For Carving Your Own Circuit BoardsBecause as makers delve into the world of wearable electronics, they’ll want to consider entirely new shapes that the market hasn’t considered yet.
Co.DesignA 3-D Printer For Every Home! (Yeah, Right)The term “3-D printing” is tossed around by geeks as if it’s going to be a ubiquitous, domestic technology of the future. That’s just silly.
Co.DesignWe’re Getting Close To 3-D Printing For OrgansPersonal 3-D printing is a beautiful idea that may have gotten its first killer app–saving your life.
Co.Design5 Innovations That Show Libraries Don’t Have To DieSure, the age of browsing for books and checking them out may be coming slowly to a close, but the idea of a library can adapt rather than fade away. These five locations are doing just that.
Co.DesignSegregation By Design: How one architect is visualizing the legacy of America’s racist urbanism