Gun control is back in the spotlight – this time with a high-tech twist. A federal judge's temporary restraining order aims at blocking plans to upload blueprints necessary for a person to build a ...

A skipper will replace his nylon fishing net every 6 months, says Ian Falconer, and most of the time they're buried in a ...

Although the things that can be done with 3D printers are certainly amazing, many 3D-printed plastic items still have a certain "look" to them. This is largely due to the fact that each item is all ...

Tomorrow's homeowners may print out everything from utensils to furniture with 3D printers — and they may not even need to buy raw materials. Instead, they could simply recycle milk jugs, shampoo ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Firing an all-plastic gun is a dubious affair. The weapons can ...

Celestiq engineers aren’t just drawing up three-dimensional CAD files and pressing Ctrl+P, though. Before graduating to ...

A North Carolina-based plastics recycler is teaming up with a plastic film supplier and printer to make business cards from recycled plastic. Envision Plastics, headquartered in Reidsville, North ...

DENVER (CBS4) - Alert Transportation Security Administration employees made a startling discovery at a Nevada airport early Monday morning. It looked like a real gun, but turned out to be replica that ...

D printers make it simple to create affordable armies for tabletop wargames - provided you meet the very, very specific ...

The gun control debate may soon involve discussion of plastic printers. On Sunday, a Texas company released a video of its founder firing “the Liberator,” a handgun made entirely from plastic parts ...

3-D printing technology is being harnessed to take pesky plastic waste to make human waste disappear via composting toilets. "You can use the soil that comes out of that for gardening - not crops that ...

The design studio Nervous System has created a novel process that allows a 3-D printed dress to move and sway like real fabric. The bespoke software behind it, called Kinematics, combines origami ...