3D printing machines such as the 'RepRap' already allow people to design and 'print out' products at home. Could this be the beginning of the end for traditional, capitalist manufacturing? Little ...

[Gavilan Steinman] just printed and assembled his own RepRap machine and filmed the process. This isn’t news but we found it very interesting to watch. He started with a RepStrap, a rapid-prototyping ...

A UK researcher who oversees a global effort to develop an open-source machine that 'prints' three-dimensional objects is celebrating after the prototype machine succeeded in making a set of its own ...

[Nophead] started the year off by successfully extruding acrylic using a RepRap machine. The problem when working with this material is that when the hot ooze hits the cold air the printed material ...

Sitting in his office at the University of Bath, Dr Adrian Bowyer doesn't look like an evil mastermind. Bowyer is a quietly spoken, slightly podgy, twinkle-eyed 55-year-old senior lecturer at the ...

Imagine having a machine for $500 in your living room that can take your computer based specification for a 3D object and print out a plastic replica of the object in a matter of minutes. Imagine ...

I read lots of science fiction. Quite a few stories involve machines that can generate “things” on demand using only raw materials. These range from food generators/replicators to the ability to ...

Just like Flickr is a resource of Community Commons artwork, Thingiverse-- a new website by NYCR cats Bre Pettis and Zach "Hoeken" Smith-- aims to become the resource for individuals looking for ...

Ever want to be a model? Then you’ll love this new Kinect hack that combines 3-D imaging and a RepRap machine to turn you into…a model! It’s clever, and hints at two powerful futures for tech. Who ...