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What to Know About the FGC-9 and Other 3-D-Printed Guns
Homemade firearms are spreading faster than governments can keep up. For many gun designers, that’s the idea.
What to Know About the FGC-9 and Other 3-D-Printed Guns
Homemade firearms are spreading faster than governments can keep up. For many gun designers, that’s the idea.
‘Ivan the Troll’ Has Made a 3-D-Printed Gun, the FGC-9, Go Viral
From his Illinois home, he champions guns for all. The Times confirmed his real name and linked the firearm he helped design to terrorists, drug dealers and freedom fighters in at least 15 countries.
Drones Changed This Civil War, and Linked Rebels to the World
Consumer technologies are altering the course of the battle in Myanmar, and rebel drone units are taking notes on Ukraine and other conflicts.
They’re Taking Jigsaw Puzzles to Infinity and Beyond
In upstate New York, two algorithmic artists make wooden puzzles inspired by natural forms.
A 3-D Printed Pod Inflames the Assisted Suicide Debate
The pod, known as Sarco, was conceived as a way for people to end their lives without involving a doctor. A plan to introduce it in Switzerland has raised alarm even among right-to-die advocates.
This Ink Is Alive and Made Entirely of Microbes
Scientists have created a bacterial ink that reproduces itself and can be 3D-printed into living architecture.
How the ‘Wandering Meatloaf’ Got Its Rock-Hard Teeth
The dentition of the gumboot chiton, a lumbering mollusk, contains a rare mineral never before seen in a living animal.
A High-Tech Twin for a Renaissance Masterpiece
A copy of Michelangelo’s David printed in 3-D will be the centerpiece of the Italy Pavilion at the next world fair.