What is 3D printing? Understanding the technology that's changing the way we manufacture everyday objects

D printing creates solid objects from the additive process of layering plastics, metal, wood, synthetic fibers, and more.
CNET

Order 3D-printed Infinity Blade figurines from inside the game

In a first for gaming, you can now design and order 3D-printed figurines of Infinity Blade characters from inside the Infinity Blade III interface. Michelle Starr Science editor Michelle Starr is CNET ...
Popular Mechanics

Judge's Order Forces 3D Printing Gun Site To Shut Down—For Now

The so-called "Pirate Bay of 3D printing" has shut itself down—for now. DEFCAD, perhaps the best-known site to find the files for 3D-printed gun parts, has complied with an order from a federal judge ...
New Scientist

Laser-based 3D printer can produce complex objects in any order

A 3D printer that uses lasers to build up an object in any order, rather than layer by layer, could produce more advanced designs than is currently possible. Existing 3D printers work by depositing ...
CNN

Maker of 3D-printed guns begins selling blueprints, despite court order

The owner of a company that builds 3D-printed guns said he has begun selling blueprints of the weapons to elude a court order on Monday that banned him from giving the plans away for free. Cody Wilson ...