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Light Printer

Watch a Super-Fast 3D Printer Scientists Call the “Replicator”

Victor Tangermann

Fabrication Station 3D printers work by laboriously printing objects layer by layer. For larger objects, that process can take hours or even days. But now scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have found a shortcut: a printer that can fabricate objects in one shot using light — and which could, potentially, revolutionize rapid manufacturing technology. The Replicator...

3D Printed Rockets

U.S. Air Force Approves Launch Site for 3D Printed Rocket

Victor Tangermann

3D Printed Rocket A three-year-old startup is trying to launch rockets into space that are almost entirely 3D printed. And it just got permission from the U.S. Air Force to launch from the historic Launch Complex 16 at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Relativity Space — a rocket-building company founded by SpaceX and Blue Origin alumni —

Spine-Tingling

Cacti-Inspired Tech Could Keep You Hydrated After the Apocalypse

Good Nature If the world ever devolves into a post-apocalyptic desert wasteland, you’ll probably need to watch out for dust storms and violent bikers gangs. But you might not have to worry about finding enough water. That’s because a team of researchers at the Ohio State University (OSU) has been studying how some of the desert’s most efficient water collectors manage

Looking Good

Bioprinted Corneas Are Nearly Ready for Human Trials, Says Startup

Supply, Meet Demand The world’s need for donor organs and tissues far exceeds our supply — but that might not be the case for long. Researchers across the globe are exploring way to 3D print everything from hearts to lungs. These artificial organs have thus far remained relegated to labs, but one startup claims it’s almost

Care Package

NASA: Objects 3D Printed in Space Perform Well Enough to Support Missions

Underwater Basket Weaving After years of research, NASA now says that 3D printing is just as viable a manufacturing technology in space as it is on Earth. Research published Saturday in The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology describes a four-year experiment in which the space agency fabricated tools and other objects on 3D printers located on Earth, in

Mars Attacks

Future Mars Colonists Could Fly Rockets They 3D Printed Right on the Red Planet

Rocket Launcher If Elon Musk has his way, the first humans will arrive on Mars in 2024, bringing with them everything they’ll need for the mission — or at least everything they think they’ll need. If these Mars colonists find themselves in need of a new piece of equipment while on the Red Planet, they’ll be

Sci-Fi Visions

Glimpse: How Electronic Tattoos Will Change The World — And Ourselves

It’s the stuff of cyberpunk science fiction — tattoos adorned with flashing lights and sophisticated circuitry. They’ll monitor our vitals, we’re told, and feed us personalized health advice in real time. They’ll wire our biology to the web, and put the internet of things at — on, in — our fingertips. They’ll enhance our five senses,

Robots & Machines

We Can Now Easily 3D Print With Metal

THE NEXT LEVEL. We can now 3D print pretty much anything from seemingly any material. Want to print a house out of concrete, a human cornea out of a bio-ink, or a pizza out of dough, sauce, and cheese? Piece of (3D-printed) cake. The one material that’s proven a bit trickier, though, is metal. Industrial printers are up to the task, but

Enhanced Humans

This Experimental Bionic Eye Could Help The Blind See

BIONICS FOR BLINDNESS. Think exceptional sight would be a cool superpower? You’re in luck: Researchers from the University of Minnesota have built a bionic eye prototype that could restore sight to the blind and give superhuman vision to those who can already see. They published their research on Tuesday in the journal Advanced Materials. LIGHT CONVERSION. The

Future Society

You Can’t Legally 3D Print Guns Quite Yet

Update 8/1/2018 10:15 AM: A federal judge in Seattle officially blocked the release of 3D printable gun blueprints by Defense Distributed on Tuesday night, according to the New York Times. Judge Robert S. Lasnik, who made the decision, will hold a more formal hearing on August 10. Until that time, Defense Distributed cannot share gun