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3D printing: Good for retail? Tesco CIO says so

Posted October 1, 2013 - 4:35 pm

Mike McNamara, CIO of the British grocery retailer Tesco, says 3D printing will help his company and the retail sector at large.
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Fedora adds 3D printing support

Posted September 9, 2013 - 11:14 am

The latest version of Fedora, nicknamed "Schrodinger's Cat," features a number of improvements aimed at IT users. But its strict adherence to the open source philosophy means that it continues to be problematic for typical end users.
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3D printing could trigger intellectual property wars, legal expert says

Posted July 16, 2013 - 11:58 am

If 3D printing fulfills the potential that some have predicted for it, the technology could plague some businesses with the same intellectual property nightmares that struck the music and film industries after the introduction of Napster, according to one legal expert.
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It's not a Terminator, but scientists create liquid metal with 3D printer

Posted July 15, 2013 - 11:40 am

It may not quite be a character out of The Terminator, but university scientists have developed a way to use 3D printing to create structures made out of liquid metal.
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3D Systems CEO: 3D-printed gun did industry a 'service'

Posted July 11, 2013 - 3:14 pm

Avi Reichental, president and CEO of 3D Systems, says the man behind the 3D-printed gun has done the 3D-printing industry a service.
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How to own (and love) a 3D printer

Posted July 2, 2013 - 4:59 pm

Your new 3D printer is sitting in the box just waiting for your attention. What do you do?
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Meet Buttercup, the duck with the 3D-printed foot

Posted July 1, 2013 - 1:01 pm

This duck was born with a deformed foot, but 3D printing means he will soon walk again.
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3D printer creates lithium-ion batteries the size of a grain of sand

Posted June 20, 2013 - 4:00 pm

Researchers from Harvard and the University of Illinois have printed precisely interlaced stacks of tiny battery electrodes, each less than the width of a human hair.
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Amazon quietly launches complete 3D printing store

Posted June 17, 2013 - 11:26 am

Amazon is helping to push 3D printing into the mainstream with a new section on its site dedicated to the miniature manufacturing plants. The online shopping giant joins Staples, which in early May became the first major U.S. retailer to sell a 3D printer.
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3D printing saves a life

Posted May 28, 2013 - 2:59 pm

For the first three months of his life, Kaiba Gionfriddo's airway collapsed repeatedly, occasionally causing his heart to stop and leaving many doctors at a loss for how to help him. Then, in the first procedure of its kind, doctors in Michigan used a 3D printing method to create an artificial splint to help Kaiba breathe without the assistance of a breathing machine.
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How 3D printing could transform space exploration

Posted May 28, 2013 - 11:54 am

From spare machine parts to food for astronauts and settlers, 3D printing may give us a powerful tool for exploring space.
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3D-printed pizza may be delivered soon, thanks to NASA

Posted May 23, 2013 - 4:56 pm

NASA recently approved a $125,000 grant for a six-month project to develop 3D-printed food, and the first edible prototype may be pizza, Quartz reports.
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In legal fog, Kim Dotcom removes 3D gun design

Posted May 13, 2013 - 1:53 am

Kim Dotcom has ordered the removal from his Mega file-storage service design plans for a controversial one-bullet plastic gun.
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It works! First 3D-printed gun test fired

Posted May 6, 2013 - 1:12 pm

The company producing a 3D-printable gun today test fired it successfully, demonstrating the viability of the technology that would allow anyone with a printer and special resin toner to make their own weapons.
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Print your own Yoda at home for $499: 3D printers become affordable

Posted April 25, 2013 - 11:47 am

Several 3D printers that debuted at the first Inside 3D Printing conference in NYC now cost less than your laptop.
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3D printers: Not for the average consumer

Posted April 9, 2013 - 11:34 am

Consumers getting excited about the idea of at-home 3D printers may not want to get their hopes up anytime soon, Gartner research director Pete Basiliere says.
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University of Notre Dame students 3D-print a living animal's skeleton

Posted April 4, 2013 - 4:25 pm

University of Notre Dame students show you how to 3D-print the skeleton of a living animal.
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The 3 biggest misconceptions about 3D printing

Posted April 3, 2013 - 11:06 am

Many businesses are falling behind on 3D printing because of a few common misconceptions.
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New York surveillance drones are inbound (and other stuff you missed)

Posted March 28, 2013 - 4:18 pm

A 3D-printing hack-a-thon, Grumpy Cat on Anderson Cooper's show, and other stuff you missed.
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Video Primer: The Rise of 3D printing

Posted February 28, 2013 - 2:43 pm

If you've wondered what the hullabaloo is over 3D printers (if you're old enough to use the word hullaballoo you qualify), check out this video.
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7 most important tech trends of 2012

Posted November 27, 2012 - 8:44 am

Technology trends can come and go with little more than a (Google) Wave, but seven trends of 2012 are here to stay. Some came out of nowhere, while others emerged after years of development.
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A 3D-printed exoskeleton made from Lego plastic changes lives for children

Posted August 11, 2012 - 7:03 am

Thought you've heard everything about 3D printing? Think again: This exoskeleton for disabled children is printed from the same plastic as Lego bricks. The exoskeleton, called WREX, helps children who have limited use of their arms to perform daily tasks such as feeding themselves, drawing, and playing games with friends.
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3D printer uses sugar to create blood vessels

Posted July 7, 2012 - 7:43 am

What's the next big breakthrough for 3D printing? Try 3D-printed blood vessels. Last September, we looked at how researchers in Germany created printable blood vessels, but a research team from MIT and the University of Pennsylvania took the idea one step further. The latest breakthrough allows researchers to create entire networks of blood vessels using a sugar-based mixture and a customized RepRap 3D printer.
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Pirate Bay launches 3D-printed 'physibles' downloads

Posted January 28, 2012 - 8:10 am

Care to download and print your dinner? Not today, of course, but the possibility may exist in the not-to-distant future. The Pirate Bay, a notorious and extremely popular torrent site, has created a new category for files that allow 3D printers to create physical objects.
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Ball cam gives you picture of the whole world around you in one shot; just throw it high

Posted October 14, 2011 - 12:30 pm

Panoramic photos give a 360 degree view of scenic overlooks. But they only shoot a sliver of what you could see if you were actually there. The Ball Cam points up and down as well as all around to shoot pictures with the Earth, sky and everything in between.
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