World’s first ‘printed’ aircraft

Engineers at the University of Southampton have designed and flown the world

Manufacturers turn to 3-d printing

This May, General Electric announced it would intensify focus on additive manufacturing to develop a variety of products, from aircraft engine components

World’s smallest 3-d printer

A very small and light 3-D printer prototype has been developed by researchers at the Vienna University of Technology. The prototype is designed for use

GE and EADS to print parts for airplanes

GE is starting a new lab at its global research headquarters in Niskayuna, New York devoted to turning 3-D printing technology into a viable means of

Introducing the 3-d printed bicycle

EADS, the European aerospace and defense group, has figured out how to construct a 3-D printed bicycleout of nylon, no less.

While you're up, print me a solar cell [video]

The sheet of paper looks like any other document that might have just come spitting out of an office printer, with an array of colored rectangles printed over much of its surface. But then a researcher picks it up, clips a couple of wires to one end, and shines a light on the paper. Instantly an LCD clock display at the other end of the wires starts to display the time.