Neowin News Feed for: 3d printing

State Department forces takedown of 3D gun blueprints

Christopher White — Fri, 10 May 2013 02:06:34 +0100

The United States Department of the State has forced Defense Distributed to remove the blueprints from their website. Although the site has complied, has the genie already been let out of the bottle? Read more...

3D printing breakthrough: Print your own working gun

Christopher White — Sat, 04 May 2013 04:00:54 +0100

The world may be in for a shock because it looks like we'll soon have the ability to use a 3D printer to create a fully working plastic firearm. What does this mean for the future? Read more...

Cool Kickstarter project to create a 3D printing pen

Christopher White — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:21:56 +0000

A small toy company called Wobbleworks just created a Kickstarter project for what they claim is the world's first 3D printing pen. The unique project blew past its $30,000 goal. Read more...

Nokia releases 3D printing guide for 820 back covers

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:22:07 +0000

Nokia is embracing the emerging 3D printing technology and has just released the schematics needed for users to 3D print their very own, very unique, interchangeable Lumia 820 back covers. Read more...

New patent cripples 3D printing with DRM

Alfonso Maruccia — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:42:43 +0100

A recently-assigned US patent describes a system to remotely control and (if needed) censor manufacturing of 3D objects infringing copyrighted products and brands. Read more...

3D printer used to create a real concert flute

Christopher White — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:40:49 +0000

While 3D printers have been around for some time, they've generally been used to create rapid prototypes that give the designer an idea of what the final product will be like. Now it appears that... Read more...