#3DPrinting

One country has put its foot down and decided that giving people carte blanche to print their own firearms is…

Two researchers at Penn State have created a new system for five-axis additive 3D-printing that reduces the amount…

Some sculptors work in marble; some in clay; and some in microscopic dots of resin shaped by lasers.

A West Virginia man named Timothy Watson was arrested last week for allegedly selling a 3D-printed wall hook that,…

Acid rain. International terrorism. Freeway killers. Now, more than ever, it is important to remember the true…

3D printers usually work by extruding long strings of molten plastic onto a surface. When MIT Media Lab researchers…

Researchers at Leiden University have 3D printed the smallest boat in the world: a 30-micrometer copy of Benchy the…

The natural assumption is that for a device to wirelessly communicate with another, it needs some basic electronics…

There’s no shortage of people trying to make virtual reality gaming a more immersive experience. There are VR arenas

Matt Denton was one of the clever engineers responsible for designing and building the functional BB-8 robots and…

A quick peek at the news is probably all it takes to have you polishing off an entire bag of gummy bears, but a South…

The tracking fobs used by bounty hunters in The Mandalorian to find their targets make the dangerous profession seem…

A network of 3D printer-users has stepped in to help hospitals grappling with critical shortages of protective gear…

The killer app for 3D printers might have nothing to do with quickly churning out complex parts to speed up…

Hospital workers in Washington state have started to make their own face masks from supplies they’ve purchased at…

Transporters? Spaceships that can travel at the speed of light? Star Trek introduced us to many fantastical…

There are lots of reasons not to eat greasy deep-fried fast food, the least of which being the challenges involved…

The technology continues to evolve, but 3D printing is still mostly used for creating prototypes or parts that won’t…

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular roundup of the merchandise threatening to drain our wallets of their life…

Candle technology hasn’t changed much in thousands of years—you add fire to a wax-soaked wick, and it provides light…