Chance Encounter Leads High Schoolers to 3D-Print Dozens of Free Prosthetics for Kids Around the World
These students have made more than 75 prosthetics for children in need—and they even started an after-school club so they could make even more.
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Scientists Create First-Ever Magnetic Liquid - and Its Movements Are Mesmerizing - 'We almost couldn't believe it'
For the first time ever, researchers have managed to create a liquid that is both magnetic and magical with its "amazing" dancing movements.
After Couple Publishes 3D-Printing Guide for Face Masks, Hundreds of Volunteers Start Making Them for Free
Not only are these single-use plastic face masks biodegradable, they can also be cheaply assembled in as little as an hour.
'Game-Changing' Skin Printer Works Like a Paint Roller, Speeding Up Healing on Even Bigger Wounds
Since the device has continued to succeed in early trials, the researchers believe it could be used in a clinical setting within the next five years.
This Cheap, Amphibious, 3D-Printed Prosthetic Means That Amputees Can Now Enjoy the Water Without Stress
This inexpensive, amphibious prosthetic means that amputees can now enjoy the beach with their family without having to worry about ruining their limb.
Disabled Student Can Pursue Her Dreams of Being a Cellist After Teens Build Her a Specialized Prosthetic
When this disabled youngster told her orchestra director that she wanted to play the cello, dozens of volunteers banded together to grant her wish.
Stylish Tiny Homes Are Now Being 3D-Printed In 24 Hours And Shipped to Your Site
Mighty Buildings, an Oakland, California construction company, is 3D-printing entire houses in 24 hours–and they're stylist and cheap.
One of the World's First Communities of 3D Printed Homes is Set to House Mexico's Poorest Families
Thanks to a specially designed 3D printer for building houses in rural locations, these cozy homes required less than 24 hours of printing time.
Homeschooled 12-Year-old Boy Designs COVID-19 Protection Device - The Safe Touch Pro
A 12-year-old San Francisco boy, Mizan Rupan-Tompkins, invented a device for avoiding germs on public doors and keypads—the Safe Touch Pro.
Simple Injection Could Be the Cure for Wrestlers and Athletes Suffering From 'Cauliflower Ear'
A team of researchers has managed to bioprint normal-looking tissue for mice with deformed ears-a treatment could work for humans with cauliflower ears.
3D-Printing Teen Makes Hundreds of Ingenious Devices to Alleviate Ear Pain for Healthcare Workers
12-year-old Quinn Callander has been making "ear guards" to ease the physical pain of wearing protective face masks all day.
3D-Printer Completes the Largest 3D-Printed Home in Europe - With 2 Stories and 980 Square Feet - in Just 3 Weeks
Belgian construction firm Kamp C have used a 3D-printer to print a concrete shell of a home that measures 980 square feet, the largest ever.
Young Inventor Turns Her Disability into 'Superpower' After Building Prosthetic Arm That Shoots Glitter
By thinking creatively about her underdeveloped arm, Jordan Reeves has used Project Unicorn to help other kids love their disabilities.
World's First Fully-Recyclable Electronic Transistor Produced By 3D Printers at Duke University
Duke University unveiled the world's first fully recyclable 3D printed electronic transistor-recovering nearly 100% of the materials used.
How to Turn Plastic Waste From Your Recycle Bin Into Profit
How to turn plastic waste in yoyr recycling bin into profit, according to Joshua M. Pearce from Michigan Technological University.
World's First 3-D Printed School Poised to Be Built in Madagascar For Half the Price of Traditional
On the island of Madagascar, Thinking Huts will soon be ready to 3D print the world's first school, in the city of Fianarantsoa
Scientists Use Novel Ink With Calcium to 3D-Print 'Bone' With Living Cells
Scientists from UNSW have developed a calcium-based ink that may allow surgeons to one day 3D-print bone parts with living cells.
A Gorgeous 3D-Printed Home Just Popped Up on Zillow for Half the Price of Comparable Houses
Listed on Zillow at $300,000, construction firm SQ4D looks to sell America's first 3D-printed house commercially, in Riverhead, Long Island.
Insert This On Your Bike Wheel to Filter the Air Pollution While You Cycle
Rolloe is an air filter fitted to the front wheel of you bicycle and removes CO2, NO2, and particulate matter from your city air.
The 'World's Longest' 3D-Printed Concrete Bridge Erected in The Netherlands
Nijmegen, The Netherlands, is home to the world's largest 3D-printed concrete bridge, giving Europe's "Green City" another green signature.
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