Several years ago we wrote about Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed about 3D printed guns and he’s back in the news this week in a big way. Through a settlement with the state department over a several year legal battle, the files for a 3D printed gun will be legally available for download beginning tomorrow (August 1st).  The plans were originally held-up under a trade restriction given the fact that “weapon technology” could be downloaded overseas.  You can learn more about Cody Wilson here and 3D printed guns in general here.

We’ve seen before printed soles or inserts for shoes, but Nike moves it up a level printing the “upper” part of the shoe. Continue reading →

This was  one of the coolest things I had seen in quite sometime in regard to space research.  It’s one thing to explore new places and keep humans alive, it’s another thing to use space to benefit those of us still on the planet.  Continue reading →