3 D Printing

When they captured the city of Mosul in Iraq Islamic State posted videos online of fighters smashing statues built by the Assyrian empire thousands of years ago. Morehshin Allahyari is an artist who's… Audio

Two artists who secretly copied one of Germany's most prized antiquities then released it around the world for free, have revived an international debate about cultural theft and repatriation. In… Audio

Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith and US scientists develop a technique to fight cancer by reprogramming a body's immune cells. Also a 3D bioprinter that can build life-sized human organs. Audio

Don Wetherhold, is the CEO of Aprecia Pharmaceuticals Company which has had the first pill made by an XD printer approved for sale in America. The new printed drug, called Spritam, treats seizures… Audio

Susann Beier is using MRI and computational models to analyse flow of blood like fluid in 3D-printed replicas of coronary arteries with the aim of improving stent design Audio

A San Francisco biotech company, Pembient, is trying to make substitute rhino horns in the lab. Matthew Markus is its CEO. Audio

Zenith Tecnica is a small Auckland-based company with just six staff, but it has the largest 3D metal printer in the world. Audio

Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith and an amazing new technique for 3D printing that's 100 times quicker than today's technology. Audio

One innovative New Zealander is getting attention around the world. Auckland animation teacher Oana Jones has made a working turntable. But what's unusal, is that she's done this with a 3D printer and… Audio

Artists love the opportunity to explore new technology - like 3D printing. At the forefront of 3D art printing is American Tom Burtonwood. He's best known for creating 3D books, from scans made of… Audio

A team of University of Otago researchers is investigating how 3D bioprinters could print joint implants or body parts using a patient's own cells. Audio

The doco 'Print the Legend' tells the story of the push to take the personal 3D printer into every home. Clay Tweel is one of its directors. Audio

Researchers at the MacDiarmid Institute are using 3D printing and self-assembling materials inspired by biominerals to recreate bone. Audio

Eduardo Sandoval and Tim Pomroy are making a life-sized robot from 3D printed parts to study human-robot interactions Audio

Eduardo Sandoval and Tim Pomroy are making a life-sized robot from 3D printed parts to study human-robot interactions Audio

Roberto Carvalho loves 3D printing. He builds his own from scratch at home in Lyttelton, and is trying to spread the word on 3D printing in schools. Audio