3D Printing

According to non-profit Thinking Huts, Madagascar is in dire need of new schools. To try and address this issue, the organization has created the first in a planned series of 3D-printed schools for the country, and possibly beyond.

There may soon be new hope for patients born with genetic defects that leave them with misshapen or missing ears. A new human clinical trial will test an implant known as an AuriNovo, which uses a 3D-bioprinted ear grown from the patient’s own cells.

Researchers at EPFL have demonstrated a light-based 3D-printing method that's about 30 times faster than conventional additive manufacturing, creating objects in 20 seconds that would normally take more like 10 minutes thanks to photocurable resins.

Processing wood from trees isn’t the most efficient way to make furniture or building materials. MIT scientists have made breakthroughs in a process that could one day let us 3D print and grow wood directly in the shape of furniture and other things.

Instead of being cast as a solid piece of material, 3D-printed items can include material exactly where it's needed. The Elix handlebar stem takes this approach to a performance-boosting – and pocketbook-emptying – extreme.

Scientists regularly turn to nature for inspiration in their pursuit of next-generation materials, and engineers studying the porous microstructures of bone and wood have come up with a clever example of biomimicry with wide-ranging potential.

A team of Dutch scientists has taken on the grueling task of designing the perfect piece of chocolate, using novel 3D printing techniques to create designs that shatter in the most pleasurable way when bitten. Clearly, extensive testing is required.

3D-printed architecture tech has huge potential for military use, both at home and overseas. With this in mind, the U.S. Army plans to build three 3D-printed barracks that it says will be the largest 3D-printed structures in the western hemisphere.

A new advance in 3D printing from University College of London scientists demonstrates how personalized medicines could be produced onsite and on-demand, with a novel technique used to produce tablets in a matter of seconds.

Though high resolution digital music can be streamed to wireless earphones rocking certain codecs, many would argue that the best sound quality is served up by wired ear candy. And it's these kind of folks that Sennheiser's IE 600s are aimed at.

Leading 3D printing firm Icon has joined forces with prestigious architecture studio Lake|Flato to create what they hope will become a new genre of homes that combine the benefits of 3D printing technology with the design chops of high-profile firms.

German designer Stephan Henrich has a wild, futuristic approach to form. Take these 3D-printed sneakers: little more than flexible socks up top, but their elevated, phalanged soles are designed to leave bystanders mystified when they see your tracks.