Can guns really be 3D-printed? The answer to that question is a simple yes. If you don’t believe it, just watch Cody Wilson, the man behind the world’s first 3D-printed gun, firing the weapon on video

Following a test firing, documented by Forbes, in which a string was used to pull the trigger, Wilson now took the gun into his hands and successfully fired it. Neither him or the weapon suffered any visible damage (sans a cracked pin that used to hold the gun’s barrel in place) on that occasion, but the gun did misfire and explode in one of the test firings

The weapon, called “the Liberator” — a homage to cheap pistols distributed by the Allies in France during World War II — is printed on a Stratasys Dimension SST 3D printer. It consists of 16 parts, 15 of which are 3D-printed...

For Cody Wilson, the world’s most notorious 3D printing gunsmith, it all started with a simple question: “Can you use a 3D printer to print a gun?” The answer to that question might come sooner than anybody expected, as Wilson says he will 3D-print an entire handgun in just a couple of weeks

If Wilson does print an entire handgun, he will reach a milestone that many thought couldn’t be reached so soon. And he will also throw a monkey wrench into not only the broader gun control debate, but also into recent legislative efforts to limit the use of 3D printers to make weapons

Yesterday, the controversial founder and director of Defense Distributed, a non-profit that he launched to explore the possibility of manufacturing weapons with 3D printers, was in Manhattan to talk at the Inside 3D Pr...

Robot hand creator “hairygael” challenges viewers to “print and build your own” in a YouTube video showing how to make a 3D printed hand. While this isn’t quite a DIY type project for most people, it’s pretty neat to see the inventor go into so much detail about how this hand was created.

The video of the robot hand demonstrates how it functions, as well as how it was built. The powerful hand can grasp a ball, screwdriver or drill, and the fingers are controlled by a keyboard or joystick.

The hand creator operates the blog InMoov (also the name of the hand) and notes that you can build this robotic hand with a 3D printer and some building skills.

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