Defense Distributed's Cody Wilson fires "The Liberator," the first-known 3-D printed handgun.
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3-D guns

Government requests 3-D printed gun files taken down pending review

Defense Distributed Type 7 ATF license
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ATF grants 'crypto-anarchist' license for 3-D printing of guns

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Doodle in the air with a 3-D printing pen

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Recycle plastic waste into 'ink' for 3-D printers

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3-D printed gun fires 6 shots — then falls apart

MakerBot founder Bre Pettis stands behind the counter at the Makerbot store in New York on Nov. 20, 2012.
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3-D printer store shows off new tech

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University of Washington
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3-D printer to turn waste plastic into toilets

3-D printed UVA plane
University of Virginia
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3-D-printed airplane takes to the skies

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innovation

3-D printers now build gadgets with screens

Defense Dist wiki weapon
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3-D printed gun project derailed by legal woes

SpiderFab concept
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NASA turns to 3-D printing for self-building spacecraft

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Hacker 'prints' key, unlocks high-security handcuffs

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Give 3-D printing a try? Yoda says do it

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Skip DC: 3-D tools to bring Smithsonian to you

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3-D printers may soon fix broken bones

3-D printers are moving from the whimsical fringe of printing out chocolates, cheeseburgers and bikinis to serious life-saving stuff such...