The OceanGate submarine taking five people to the Titanic that went missing underwater last weekend may have been using a decade old Logitech G F710 gaming controller with 3D printed thumbsticks.
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The 3D printing world just got more exciting because we will soon witness the launch of the world's first 3D-printed rocket. It's manufactured by Relativity Space and is set to launch in March 2023.
If you're a 3D printing newbie and are intimidated by products from Creality and others, you should take a look at the Monoprice Voxel Pro, an enclosed 3D printer aimed at the beginner.
The US government has amended laws for 3D-printed firearms, with the aim to ensure accountability and traceability. However, these laws could affect only licensed dealers, not actual manufacturers.
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Gyro controls offer a lot of control to the player, but it lacks boundaries. Joysticks have a 'gate' that imposes these boundaries on the player so that you can only go so far, or easily find center.
A Moorsfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust patient in the UK has become the world's first person to use a 3D-printed prosthetic eye, offering significant improvements over traditional acrylics.
This beginner-friendly printer lets your kids design and create their own toys right at home. Using the companion app, you can choose from an toy catalog or create and upload your own designs.
In an international collaboration, CERN has 3D-printed plastic scintillators for neutrino oscillation experiments. The technique is precise and cost-effective. Results demonstrate proof of concept.
With multimaterial multinozzle 3D printing, a team at the Wyss Institute at Harvard reduced the time required to print complex shapes and objects to a fraction of the time required currently.
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IDC has announced that it sees $13.8 billion being spent in the 3D printing market in 2019. Printers and materials will make up two-thirds of the spend while services follow closely behind.
Defense Distributed published nine 3D printable gun designs on Friday ahead of their official unbanning set for Wednesday, in the U.S. The unbanning of the designs has raised many concerns.
The father and son team behind the Cubibot wanted to create a 3D printer that was simple to use, affordable, not too big, but still able to make complex things; this is the $150 printer they've made.
The research team from Clemson University has been exploring how human urine and breath can feed an engineered yeast that could then produce omega-3 oil, as well as plastics for spare parts in space.
Paleontologists have reanalyzed the collagen from fossils and determined that Jurassic Park may never exist; Great Barrier Reef bleaching is worse than ever; and NASA's first neutron star mission.
It was the first launch from a private site, and the first from New Zealand, and the first time a rocket was launched using a 3D printed engine, which was also manufactured in just 24 hours.
A team of scientists has developed the thinnest hologram ever made that can be seen without 3D goggles and NASA has discovered an accidental human-made protective shield around Earth.
Scientists successfully used a 3D printer to create mouse ovaries that are capable of supporting reproduction. This is the first step to being able to do the same with human patients who need it.
The FAA has finally approved the usage of structurally integral titanium aircraft parts that will be 3D printed in Norway by Norsk Titanium. This step is said to save millions in production costs.
If you have ever wanted to see 3D printing taken to a whole new level, Weta Workshop is offering a behind the scenes look at its various creations for the upcoming film, Ghost in the Shell.
Scientists this week saw the first ever metallic hydrogen, electricity flow without heat conduction, advancements in carbon-free energy, and progress towards the creation of 3D printed human skin.
In its latest report on the state of the 3D printing industry, research firm Wohlers Associates describes an interesting trend about additive manufacturing as a lucrative business.
If you own a Surface Pro 4 and Pro 3 Surface Dock, chances are you'll want to either order the available spacer or 3D print one. Both are official released from Microsoft.
Microsoft Research deemed that Oculus lenses were not good enough for users to fully enjoy the Rift. That's why MSR designed new ones and shared the 3D-printable plans online for users and fans.
Microsoft has partnered with HP, Autodesk, and others to launch the 3MF Consortium, whose aim is to standardize and develop a robust file format to be used throughout the 3D printing industry.
The most interesting panel at SXSW talked about using 3D printing to create entirely new organs. While we're still 20 years away from being able to print large organs, smaller ones are being worked on
While 3-D printing buildings is not exactly new, the Chinese at Winsun have taken it to a whole new level by making two large constructions that are almost entirely 3-D printed.
Although 3D printing has been around for awhile, Amazon is now opening it up to the masses by selling stuff online that is custom printed for each specific individual.
MakerBot and Home Depot are partnering to introduce 3D printing to the masses. The MakerBot will initially see its way into 12 stores located in California, Illinois, and New York.
Police in Japan have arrested a man that was in possesion of five 3D-printed handguns. The arrest is the first ever of its kind for Japanese police. The man did not know printing guns was illegal.
LIX, a second-generation high quality 3D printing pen is aiming to bring 3D printing into homes all across the world. The LIX is selling for $135 USD on Kickstarter and closes in 25 days.
Nokia has posted a new YouTube video that shows the company experimenting with a new 3D printing substance, chocolate, as part of its Easter holiday celebrations.
M3D has surpassed its Kickstarter goal of $50,000 and will introduce affordable and easy to use consumer grade 3D printer to the market; the intial backing price was $199 USD and closes in 28 days.
Microsoft is helping to promote the upcoming movie The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug with new ads on Windows 8 in-app ads that will include a 3D printer blueprint of The Key to Erebor.
Microsoft has released 3D Builder, a free 3D printing app for Windows 8.1, in the Windows Store, allowing users to select from a number of 3D object examples to try out.
Microsoft has released a new video showing the recent opening of the Maker Garage, a space inside the Microsoft Garage building established to let employees use 3D printing on their side projects.
3D printers have been starting to make some waves in the real world and are no longer restricted to the world of big businesses. For a few hundred dollars, you can make your own via...
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...
