The U.S. Army Research Office has just thrown some money the way of 4D printing—but what, exactly, is all the fuss about? This beautiful video goes a long way to showing us why the technology is so exciting. The title ’4D printing’ is fairly slippery, but we had a stab at pinning down the concept recently: In essence, the […] 
The Liberator, for all the hoopla, was not really a gun. This 3D-printed firearm, on the other hand, is a gun. It is a copy of a 1911 made using public-domain plans and a laser sintering system that solidifies metal powder. It fires just like a real semi-automatic pistol The gun, created by Solid Concepts, is completely legal. The […] 
The folks at MakerBot have been teasing their Digitizer desktop 3D scanner since this past March, but now they’re just about ready push it out the door. For $1,400, you too can scan all the little knick-knacks in your life and turn them into 3D schematics to print or share with others. In case you haven’t been keeping […] 
Technologie : Microsoft propose l’application gratuite 3D Builder pour Windows 8.1 qui permet de facilement créer puis imprimer des objets en 3D à partir d’une imprimante compatible. Microsoft poursuit son travail de démocratisation de l’impression 3D. L’éditeur vient de publier une application gratuite qui permet à tout utilisateur équipé d’une imprimante 3D de créer aisément des objets. 3D […]