4+ hour, 37+ min ago  (1060+ words) Screams filled the laboratory " screams, thankfully, of joy. Akib Zaman, a PhD candidate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) had just made a mini chair appear, seemingly out of nowhere. He had pulled a thread attached to a flat, rectangular…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (596+ words) It sounds like science fiction - a factory, located hundreds of kilometres above the Earth, churning out high-quality materials. But a Cardiff-based company is a step closer to making this a reality. Space Forge have sent a microwave-sized factory into orbit,…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1213+ words) The final test was a blunt one. Maarten Logtenberg wielded a sledgehammer, which simply bounced off the sample, barely leaving a scratch. After two years of experimentation, the material was finally right: a particular mix of thermoplastics and fibreglass that…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1085+ words) Sixty years ago engineer Denys Fisher settled down to relax on a Sunday night listening to a spot of classical music. Within minutes he was hit by a Eureka moment which solved a problem he'd been wrestling with for months…...

5+ mon, 13+ hour ago  (184+ words) A man has been jailed for two years for using a 3D printer to make a gun and ammunition. Police raided the home of Igor Ciesielski in Stoke-on Trent after he bought items from an international firearms retailer. Officers seized a…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago  (312+ words) A new 3D scanner and printer has halved the number of appointments patients undergoing facial reconstructive treatment need to attend. The intra-oral scanner means people who previously needed multiple lengthy and uncomfortable consultations for their teeth and gums to be mapped…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (198+ words) A former police community support officer who was "obsessed with weapons" has been jailed after she tried to make a gun using a 3D printer. Zoe Watts, 39, who is a trans woman, of St Helen's Avenue, ... Ex-PCSO jailed for trying to…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago  (45+ words) By continuing to use our services you agree to our updated Terms of Use. We have also updated our Privacy Policy to provide more detail about how we process and share your personal information, and ... How 3D printing is helping to…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (24+ words) The Travel Show visits Catalonia, Spain, to watch an attempt to assemble a castell, or human tower. Castellers attempt a human tower in Catalonia...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (912+ words) 3D-printed guns could become "the weapon of choice" for criminals and violent extremists around the world, an expert has told the BBC. These DIY, untraceable firearms have been recovered in several recent criminal cases, including the alleged use of a…...