3D Printing

The Economist on Wednesday reported the Ukrainian military has found an innovative way to meet its need for more ammunition: using 3D printers to manufacture the components for over 30,000 bombs over the past four months, at a cost of less than four dollars per bomb.

A 3D-printed suicide pod may be ready for the Swiss market as early as 2022, according to its designers.

The ATF is weighing changes to the definition of “firearm” in order to target guns built from kits and/or parts printed on 3D printers.

Engineer Christian Fracassi saved at least ten lives in a Brescia, Italy, hospital by 3D-printing a vital respirator part. Now the manufacturer of that part is reportedly threatening to sue.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) told Breitbart News exclusively that China’s intense international push for global dominance is the biggest threat that America has ever faced, even more substantial than the one that the Soviet Union posed in the 20th century during the Cold War.

Probably no 27 words in our founding documents have caused so much controversy as have those comprising the Second Amendment’s guarantee of the right to keep and bear arms; except, perhaps, the ten words in the First Amendment that protect freedom of speech.

A 3D printing shop in Kuwait was forced to close its doors by the government this week after Sheikh Othman al-Khamis accused the business of selling “cult idols.”

The settlement between the State Department and Cody Wilson’s Defense Distributed has put 3D printed guns into the spotlight and, sadly, the focus on them has included a lot of misinformation.

Two young Venezuelan engineers are using their ingenuity to convert the country’s large amounts of plastic waste into car parts.  

Cody Wilson’s Defense Distributed and Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) reached a settlement with the Department of Justice allowing unfettered publication of 3D gun files and other information in a case centered on free speech.

Google will be adding words like “gun-grips” and “scopes and sights” to its list of prohibited AdWords later this month.

Newcastle University scientists have created the first 3D-printed human corneas using a combination of human cells, alginate, and collagen, potentially creating an “unlimited supply” of corneas to treat blindness for millions of people.

UToronto researchers have developed a 3D printer that promises to change everything about the healing process of serious — even disfiguring — wounds.

A group of Swiss researchers have successfully 3D printed a synthetic heart that operates like a human one.

With Kickstarter crowdfunding having successfully raised $2.6 billion for 111,772 start-ups, “Sightline Maps” is out to raise $40,000 to build a topographical app for 3D printers.

In a major foreign policy speech, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said the U.S. needs to make better use of “3D printing, artificial intelligence, and cyberwarfare.”

A Hong Kong man has created a $50,000 life-size humanoid robot prototype in the image of Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson. Ricky Ma, a 42-year-old product and graphic designer who has been obsessed with robots since his childhood, spent more than

3D printing has been around for several decades, but expiring patents are driving costs down and major tech breakthroughs are driving up speed.

On May 6, the Second Amendment Foundation filed a lawsuit against the federal government on behalf of Defense Distributed, the flagship company for 3D-printed gun designer Cody Wilson.

“Eventually 3D printing will print people,” Will.i.am told the magazine. “I’m not saying I agree with it, I’m just saying what’s fact based on plausible growth in technology.”