3D Printer News

Research into 3D-printed food will be funded by NASA, which gave mechanical engineer Anjan Contractor a $125,000 grant, so he can build the printer.

The US Statement Department asked the designer of the Liberator 3D-printed firearm to take down the blueprints from the Internet. However, popular file-sharing website The Pirate Bay is, well, sticking to its guns by keeping the torrent available.

A 2-year-old-girl diagnosed with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC), a rare disease that cripples joints and limbs, is now able to use her hands. The newly-designed WREX jacket helps her lift her arms and hands to eat or hug someone.

A titanium lower jaw generated by a 3D printer was transplanted into the face of an 83-year-old woman in June 2011 in the Netherlands, becoming a surgical first, according the doctors who performed the procedure, the BBC reported.

A Cornell University Professor along with his student creates a 3D Printer for $2400.