Tesla Announces $5B “Gigafactory”

Tesla is making the news again with the announcement of its $5 billion (yes, that’s billion with a ‘B’) gigafactory right here in the United States. What is the gigafactory, exactly? Well, to explain, we need to backtrack a moment. Tesla makes a lot of cars. And all of their cars are electric. Except, the […]

NASA Climbing All Aboard the 3D Manufacturing Train

Back in September in our 4 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About 3D Printing post, we mentioned something interesting: NASA’s plans to put a 3D printer in space aboard the ISS. And with an update straight from the source, we now know that NASA is all aboard the 3D manufacturing train. Although we’ve obviously known for some […]