Making in America
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How Seattle is Using a "Frankenbike" to Improve its Bike Trails
Tinkerer Colin Dietrich built it, and now the city's department of transportation has come to use the tricked-out bike to assess its bike paths
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Doctors Can Study 3D Printed Models of Your Organs Before Surgery
In a new era of personalized medicine, advanced models are better preparing surgeons for what they will encounter in the operating room
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How a Cheap Plastic Rat Could Change Biology Class
With a couple of 3D printers, a husband and wife team is building accurate replicas of rats that could one day eliminate the need for dissection specimens
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What Is a Maker Faire, Exactly?
Billed as the world’s greatest show and tell, the DIY extravaganza might just make a maker out of you
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