MakerBot is best known for its 3D printers, turning virtual products into real ones, but the company's latest hardware to go on sale, the MakerBot Digitizer, takes things in the opposite direction.

Eventually, all that's left is pure, natural bone, filling the former gap. 3D-printing the implants can be tricky, though, due to the fact that the walls of the empty spaces are very thin and ...

If 3D printing companies and government agencies hope to police the spread of dangerous or pirated digital shapes, their task is about to get much more complicated. Late last month Matthew ...