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An interesting 3D-printed mash up between a cargo ebike and a small electric car designed by Berlin's nFrontier recently made its public debut at the Formnext 2022 additive manufacturing expo in Frankfurt, at the booth of industry partner Stratasys.

German startup Next Dynamics has unveiled the NexD1, a multi-color, multi-material 3D printer for the home that can use a conductive resin to create custom electronic circuit boards.

Daihatsu Copen drivers will soon be able to customize their cars with 3D-printed parts in a variety of designs. The Japanese carmaker is said to be one of the first to be making mass-customization available in this way and is working with 3D printing firm Stratasys to develop the system.

The latest 3D printer from Stratasys can build photorealistic prototypes in full color and using multiple materials in a single print process. It's the first of the company's Polyjet printers that can print in five colors – cyan, magenta, yellow, black and white.

Aurora Flight Sciences and Stratasys Ltd have developed a 3D-printed, jet-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with the ability to reach speeds of up to 150 mph. The two companies said this is the largest and most complex UAV ever created using 3D printing.

The world's first 3D-printed wearable containing living bacteria, designed to support the human wearer as a type of "living spacesuit" on trips to outer space, has been displayed at TED 2015.

It looks like Local Motors is getting some company in the 3D-printed car arena. German electric vehicle manufacturer StreetScooter recently completed the prototype of its C16, most of the exterior components of which were created using a Stratasys Objet1000 3D Production System.

If you're looking for an excuse to buy a 3D printer, how about the ability to print your own RoboCop? 3D printer manufacturer Stratasys has revealed that its tech was used to produce RoboCop's suit in the new movie. The Objet Connex 3D was used to create both master mold pattern and final parts.

3D printer manufacturer Stratasys has launched what it says is the first 3D printer that can print both in color and with multiple materials. The Objet500 Connex3 combines droplets of three base materials to produce a variety of different material characteristics and colors.

Urbee 2, the first road-ready, fuel-efficient, 3D printed car will hit the roads by 2015, at which time KOR EcoLogic aims to demonstrate the 7 hp (5 kW) three-wheeled, rear-steering eco-hybrid by crossing the US while using only ten gallons of fuel.

A single shot 3D-printed plastic pistol called the Liberator has been successfully test fired in the US.