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...

Bioprinting, Firearms, and 3D Printing

“It seems like science fiction.” Anything you can imagine can often be made with 3D printing, including body parts. This is one of the greatest opportunities and threats in manufacturing and medicine. “The premise is simple. Send a scanned image of a...