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The Robots Are Coming to Town

Maker Faire, an event for tinkerers and electronics enthusiasts, is coming to New York City in September, bringing robots with it.

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One on One: Dale Dougherty, Make Magazine and Maker Faire

A One on One interview with Dale Dougherty about Maker Faire, robotics enthusiasts, amateur rocker builders and the growing DIY tinkering community.

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Uh-Oh, Peer-to-Peer Networks Discover 3-D Printing

The Pirate Bay, a notorious peer-to-peer file-sharing Web site that is a source of free copyrighted music and movies, said it was creating a new section for 3-D printer files.

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Disruptions: With a 3-D Printer, Building a Gun With the Push of a Button

It might sound like science fiction, but 3-D printers are quickly becoming a consumer product, and people are already planning how to print a firearm.

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How 3-D Printers Are Now Making Weapons

Cody Wilson, a 24-year-old law student at the University of Texas, has successfully printed parts for a 3-D printed gun that he used to shoot off nearly 30 bullets.

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Microsoft Moves to Simplify 3-D Printing

Microsoft is supporting for an array of 3-D printers in Windows 8.1, in a move to position itself as a leader in the emerging technology.

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Researchers Develop Flexible Metal for 3-D Printers

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technology that will allow a metal alloy to be used in 3-D printers and could lead to flexible gadgets.

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3-D Printing the 19th Century

Nearly 6 million U.S. patents are in the public domain, and one New York attorney is resurrecting a handful of forgotten inventions by way of 3-D printing.

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A 3-D Scanner Reaches for the Masses

MakerBot, a leader in consumer 3-D printing, has introduced a desktop scanner called the Digitizer that could help push more of the public into 3-D printing.

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The Wide Open Era in 3-D Printing

Pirate3D is a small but ambitious maker of three-dimensional printers that attracted notice last spring when it raised a large amount of money on Kickstarter. A look at the company and its plans shows...

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Disruptions: Coming in 2014: Extremely Smart Watches and Wearable TVs

The new year may bring vast improvements in a variety of gadgets, including smart watches and prototypes of flexible TV screens that can be worn.

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3-D Printing Moves Closer to the Mainstream

Yes, 3-D printers are quickly adding the features that could take them past the bleeding edge of tech buyers.

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Finally, a Way to Make a Selfie Statue

Ever wanted to have a status of yourself sitting on a bookshelf? Now you can thanks to 3D technology and a handful of young companies looking for a new way to satisfy the ego of the consumer.

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Daily Report: Computer Technology Is Reviving the Board Game

With eye-popping graphics, visceral action and online communities, video games should have killed tabletop games, but in fact sales are increasing.

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Autodesk Unveils Open-Source 3-D Printing System

The software company's new Spark operating system will run on its new model and be available at no cost to users of other 3-D printers.

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HP Unveils Plan to Make 3-D Printing an Everyday Thing

Hewlett Packard, which made a fortune dominating the personal computer printing business, has long been expected to go into 3-D printing. A printer and a design creation system announced Wednesday show...

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Slice and Carve: The Next Wave in Computer-Aided Creativity

Laser cutters and computer-controlled milling machines are coming out of industrial workshops and planting themselves on desktops.

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The Robots Are Coming to Town

Maker Faire, an event for tinkerers and electronics enthusiasts, is coming to New York City in September, bringing robots with it.

View Article

One on One: Dale Dougherty, Make Magazine and Maker Faire

A One on One interview with Dale Dougherty about Maker Faire, robotics enthusiasts, amateur rocker builders and the growing DIY tinkering community.

View Article

Uh-Oh, Peer-to-Peer Networks Discover 3-D Printing

The Pirate Bay, a notorious peer-to-peer file-sharing Web site that is a source of free copyrighted music and movies, said it was creating a new section for 3-D printer files.

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