A free new study, published by German Bundesumweltamt, discusses the benefits and potential environmental and health challenges of 3D printing technologies.

Oerlikon, the technology and engineering group, is working with Lufthansa Technik, a provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, to establish robust and repeatable 3D printing processes for in the aircraft MRO industry. 

MatterHackers currently has an unspecified number of factory refurbished Lulzbot Taz 6 3D printers going for $2,000 -- $500 off their regular "new" price. Not too shabby for 3D printers given the big green thumbs up from Lulzbot itself.

With just a custom bit of G-code, maker and engineer, Replayreb, can 3D print lightsaber pen tops for his small business remotely. The G-code hack ensures that, once a print is complete, it is pushed off the print bed and the next model starts printing.

At Manacor History Museum in Mallorca, Spain, a temporary exhibition enables visitors to not only view the twelve pieces on display but also to touch them. These pieces are replicas which were created through photogrammetric digitization and 3D printing.

German Police have raided a Fablab in Augsburg, Germany, where they confiscated a 3-inch tall 3D printed "Atom Bomb". This explosive act comes with the accusation that the fablab owners were "setting off explosive materials". Clearly, something has gone horribly wrong. Here‘s the story behind a raid that shouldn’t have happened.