It’s exciting how much 3D printing has enabled us to produce pretty much any shape for any purpose on the fly. Among the most thoughtful uses for the technology that we’ve seen are the many ...

Italian start-up Youbionic has created a functional, myoelectric bionic hand using 3D printing and Arduino components. While still at prototype stage, the company says that its research will result in ...

The world of prosthetics has been changed forever thanks to the advent of 3D printing. We recently covered a story about a gentleman who received a 3D-printed face repair. Today, however, we've got a ...

Amputees wishing to get a powered prosthetic hand – also known as a bionic hand – typically have to wait quite a while for it to be manufactured. Soon, however, they should be able to order a custom ...

Plea by girl's father corresponded with local school's new 3-D printing class. April 29, 2014 — -- A high school class in Rockford, Ill., may dramatically change a local girl's life with just a ...

Douglas Wilson of Springfield, Mo., lets us listen to the sound of his 1949 Number Four VanderCook Proof Printing Press. The hand-feeding process makes for some rockin' rollers. A well worn printing ...

3D printing can cut the cost of adaptive aids that help people with hand arthritis. Current products are quite expensive, and more so to create customized versions, but 3D printing drops the cost by ...

Space.com sat down with authors Kimberly Arcand and Megan Watzke about how to hold the cosmos in your hand. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

In a solar powered bush shed on the south coast of New South Wales is a collection of hand-operated printing presses of the kind that introduced the first information revolution in the 15th century.