In a labor of love, Ian Martin has 3D printed a working Star Wars Holochess table, the game played by R2-D2 and Chewbacca in A New Hope.
3D printing could bring more work for miners thanks to the use of mineral sands and the need to cut the cost of producing titanium dioxide.
Addressing a common problem, Fleks3D is an add-on for desktop 3D printers that promises to make 3D printing easier and less frustrating.
According to the UN, Japan and the US are doing the most innovating in 3D printing, nanotech and robotics...and governments everywhere need to listen.
64oz Games are crowdfunding their 3D printed dice stamped with Braille and Roman numerals, specially made for tabletop roleplaying games.
If you want to build 3D objects in a Minecraft style, LeBlox offers an interesting approach. All you need is a smartphone and some time. All3DP took a look at the software.
Preemadonna is all about hi-tech girl power. Their Nailbot 3D prints images from your smart phone on your nails, and it's awesome.
A rising tide of online abuse has prompted the creation of The NiceBot; spreading positivity on the internet, one tweet at a time.
Researchers in Germany have created a "Protopiper"; a handy prototyping device that turns tubes of tape into sturdy 3D structures.
The Voltera V-One, a custom circuit board printer, has been declared the international winner of the James Dyson Award for 2015.
Disney Research and Carnegie Mellon University have been working on a new tool which allows you to easily 3D print a walking robot.
Speculative Fiction Dept: Staff at Idaho State University guess at the origins of Bigfoot with a 3D printed skeleton that's 8 feet tall.
3D printing is being used to help the visually impaired to read music notations more easily with a system called Tactile Stave Notation
By turning used plastic into sunglasses, phone cases and toys, 3D printing is being used to encourage children to go to school.
Using a responsive "active textile", the Self Assembly Lab at MIT has created a 3D printed Minimal Shoe that adapts to fit your feet.
The South Korean military is now adopting metal 3D printing to manufacture parts for the Air Force and the Army.
Cool idea: The board game "Fabulous Beasts" plays like Jenga backwards. It‘s made possible with electronics some clever use of 3D printing.
Researchers at Purdue University develop RevoMaker, a new system to create 3D prints with fully enclosed electronic and motorized components.
"Misen" uses 3D printing to prototype the perfect kitchen knife. Their Kickstarter hits full funding in an hour and closed with over $1 million.