3d printing

A fully-working prototype was tested in the Chiari Hospital and proven to be effective, although the Italian start-up has stressed online that the design remains an "uncertified biomedical device."

The smallest of the statues measures less than one millimeter in height.

Tandon is using stem cells and 3D printing to create living skeletal implants for those who need them.

Can China build a lunar base? Absolutely. Can human beings survive on the Moon and other planets for the long term? The answer to that is less clear.

Pennsylvania has temporarily blocked the website Defense Distributed, which sells the blueprints for 3-D guns.

Millions of people have distorted vision because of damaged corneas.

The printer uses a process called free-form printing to create intricate structures.

In 2013, the first digital design for functioning 3-D printed guns became widely available for download.

The death pod is the vision of euthanasia activist Dr. Philip Nitschke and Dutch engineer Alexander Bannink.

Imagine building all your Ikea furniture with just a hair-dryer.

Put it this way: If you need to travel to another city, 3-D printed cars might not be for you.

Can radical scientific and technological advances really solve the problem of death?

The 3-D printable "clip-on" can turn any smartphone into a fully functional microscope.

Should we be spending more on research?

High tech solutions are usually highly expensive. But there are often simpler ways to the same cure.

Gorm the Old gave the country of Denmark its name and now researchers can hold his skull in their hands.

Custom-fit condoms are coming to a 3-D printer near you, thanks to the unscaled economy.

The tomb of Pharaoh Set I is the most impressive in Egypt's famous Valley of the Kings.

3-D Printing can make museum specimens more accessible to the disabled.

The guitarist and astrophysicist has published a new 3-D history of Queen.

Researchers used the woman's mummified remains to reconstruct her skull structure using 3D imaging.

No, this isn't another silly love song; new technology may help transform cardiology.

U.S. scientists say stretchable electronic fabric could help robots become more human, and humans more robotic.

Digital progress is revolutionizing the way we collect footprints.

First ever entirely 3D-printed organ-on-a-chip collects data on how strongly the heart is beating.

Genesis of Things is a new "smart manufacturing" project that leverages intellectual horsepower.

The duck lost both his feet to frostbite but is mobile again with the help of plastic feet.

OLO allows people to print 3D objects directly from their smartphones.

Audio from 3-D printers could be music to the ears of industrial spies.

Injured animals live freely with the help of carbon fiber and 3D-printed limbs.