The 2011 PopSci Invention Awards
DIY A jet-propelled body board, cheaper prosthetic hand and more In the five years that Popular Science has run the Invention Awards, we’ve seen a lot of remarkable things come out of people’s...
View Article2011 Invention Awards: A Magic Wand For Printing
DIY A mini inkjet prints on any flat surface with a wave of the hand In 2000, one of Europe’s largest rubber-stamp companies approached Alex Breton, an engineer from Stockholm, Sweden, for product...
View Article13-Year-Old Riley Lewis and His Crew Embrace 3-D Printing at Public School
Technology We always love hearing from passionate, scientific-minded kids, and 13-year-old Riley Lewis, a burgeoning 3-D printer expert (and PopSci reader!) is certainly that. Riley… We always love...
View ArticleStaples Will Offer On-Demand 3-D Printing In Stores
Science The service will start with stores in the Netherlands and Belgium in early 2013, then move on "quickly" to other countries. 3-D printing is at an awkward, prepubescent stage right now. The...
View ArticleResearchers Unveil World's First 4-D Printer
Gadgets What the hell is that?! We've only just started learning the amazing things we can do with 3-D printing. So forgive us if we can't quite get our heads around this new idea from MIT, which…
View Article3D-Printed Gun Named After An Arrested Gunmaker
Technology Wonder if a statement is being made here Last year, Yoshitomo Imura was arrested in Japan for 3D printing revolvers. Imura designed the “zig-zag” pistol, and was sentenced to two years in...
View ArticleThe Artist Who Turned Blood into Photographs
From Our Blogs: The Biodesign Challenge Artist Jaden Hastings used her own blood to hack an Industrial Revolution-era printing technique To make light-sensitive paper, Hastings wrapped a tourniquet...
View ArticleTrove Wants To 3D Print Your Jewelry, And Then Your World
Technology Make custom jewelry from your browser By leveraging 3D printing, every piece jewelry Trove produces is custom and user-created. By leveraging 3D printing, every piece jewelry Trove produces...
View ArticleThe Fastest 3D Printer Ever
Technology One of 10 innovations to win a 2016 Invention Award Carbon's new method, called Continuous Liquid Interface Production, or CLIP, is 25 to 100 times faster than conventional 3D printing.
View ArticleScan and print anything from your phone
DIY Take your office with you Just because you're away from home doesn't mean you can't scan and print documents. These are the apps you need to know about for Android and iOS.
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