Frame Idea Made Real: What 3D Printing Can Do

Have you ever had an idea for a product in your head, but it seemed too hard to make? Nadia Ahmad, an art director, wanted to create a new kind of picture frame. She thought it would be interesting for a picture to be held up by hands, as if coming through a wall...

Bioprinting a Hand

A carpenter from South Africa and a puppeteer from Washington recently developed a 3D-printed prosthetic hand for a five year old boy born without fingers on his right hand (Amniotic Band Syndrome). Ivan Owen and Richard Van As, the puppeteer and carpenter, first...