3d printing dangers
Burning Down The House: Is Desktop 3D Printing Safe?
Over the years I’ve written a lot about the safety of desktop 3D printing. When Underwriters Laboratory announced plans to enter the market, I covered it. When Dremel launched the…
Top Ten Ways 3D Printing Will Kill You and Your Loved Ones
Many people somehow see 3D printing as some benign force. The technophile’s latest solution to the world’s ills is a small box that spits out plastic. It too, as the…
Did a 3D Printer Just Kill People?
No. A story this weekend from CBS’ San Francisco affiliate KPIX first reported the death of Roger and Valerie Morash of Berkeley. The article claimed that a “source said that…
Top 10 Ways Your 3D Printer Can Kill You
It’s that time again: sensationalist news! In the headlines over the weekend, non-tech media returned to the favored pastime of vilifying 3D printers which, obviously, can cause perfectly lovely people…
Searching for Blame in Deadly 3D Printer Accident
Whenever there is an untimely death, the first thing we do is look around in an effort to understand how such a thing could have happened. When 17-year-old Tom Taylor…
3 Dangers Society Faces From 3D Printing
I consider myself a tech-optimist. I truly believe that anything is possible with the right technology and science to back it. I envision a future, perhaps even in my lifetime…
Escalating Positive Outcomes with 3D Printing
Back in January 2013 we were planning the launch of 3DLT. We wanted to kick things off with a bang (apologies in advance for that). Crowdsourcing was an important part…
