ICON uses one system to 3D-print radically different ideas of home
ICON tests the elasticity of home through large-scale 3D printing Across central Texas, the same ridged concrete…
Meet Scott Merrow, the 14-year-old New Hampshire gamer who built a 3D-printed adaptive VR controller after he found he could not grip the standard left-hand controller
Scott began the project as a school assignment and asked his uncle, Brandyn Lewis, a mechanical engineer, to…
Engineer’s 88-pound trebuchet makes projectile fly at supersonic speeds
UK-based engineer Tom Stanton has successfully built a trebuchet that can send projectiles flying at supersonic speeds. Although,…
recycled plastic waste turns into a resonant field of sound, light, and space
recycled 3D printing waste turns into a distributed sound field Ninefold: A Distributed Resonant Field transforms recycled…
On Brink of Extinction, the Vaquita Porpoise is Being Preserved By Digital Image
Vaquita, Gulf of California in 2008 – NOAA Fisheries on Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) The elusive vaquita porpoise…
12-year-old entrepreneur turns 3D-printed toys into thriving business with help from his twin brother
Aaron Osirus may only be 12 years old, but he’s already proving it’s never too early to become…
hand-bent after 3D printing, oberdoerfer & krebs’ seating rethinks digital fabrication
3D-prints become hand-bent furniture in copenhagen During 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen, among the emerging designers gathered at Ukurant,…
Scientists Use Seaweed to Create Stronger 3D-Printed Earthen Buildings
Drawing inspiration from the master architects of the natural world: termites, wasps, and honeycomb worms, scientists at the…
how architects are bringing craft back through code
the new tools of craft For much of the last century, architecture appeared to be moving steadily…
Europe’s largest 3D-printed apartment building completed in France
Europe’s largest 3D-printed apartment building has been completed in France. Containing 12 social housing apartments spread across three…
soft creatures imagine an alternative way of animal companionship
vaguely amphibian critter of MEUW by Jaemo Lee and Lisa Schober Three squishy, vaguely amphibian creatures appeared…
MIT researchers 3D print zipper that stiffens into rods, coils, and arches
Y-zipper: a forgotten patent returns nearly 40 years later MIT researchers revive a forgotten 1980s zipper concept…