3D printing

[VIDEO] DARPA’s Sub-Scale VTOL X-Plane Prototype Completes Flight Testing

Rich Haridy reports: After several years of development DARPA has successfully completed flight-testing of one of the most novel, and odd-looking, aircraft designs we’ve seen in some time – the sub-scale electric X-Plane. After calling for [...]

[PHOTOS] 3D Printed Mk46 & Marvel Legends MK3 Helmets

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The additive-manufactured RAMBO system includes an NSRDEC-designed standalone kit with printed adjustable buttstock, mounts, grips and other modifications(Credit: US Army/Sunny Burns/ARDEC)

US Army Fires 3D-Printed Grenade Launcher

Meet RAMBO: Rapid Additively Manufactured Ballistics Ordnance David Szondy reports: The US Army’s Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) has successfully fired the first 3D-printed grenade from a 3D-printed grenade [...]

These Disposable, 3-D Printed Robots Are The Revolution We’ve Been Waiting For

A team of researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory just published their technique on simultaneously printing both rigid and soft materials in hydraulic robotic parts. What can we do with this? If you’re [...]

[VIDEO] Owners Must Agree Not to Have Sex with ‘Emotional Robot’ Pepper

There is a robot on sale in Japan billed as the first humanoid robot designed to live with humans. It has proved to be very popular — however, before you bring Pepper home, you must sign a contract promising not to have sex with it. The [...]

New 3D Printer Can Produce Pizza

Hungry for some pizza? Just print it out with a click of the mouse. Taiwan’s XYZ 3D printer layers the ingredients before the food can be baked in the oven and gives space-age chefs the ability to choose their own shapes and upload files of their [...]