Eindhoven University of Technology graduate Elzelinde van Doleweerd has teamed up with a China-based technology company to create food products 3D-printed from leftover food. More about Elzelinde van Doleweerd creates 3D-printed snacks from food waste
The latest installment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores a plan to build multi-storey housing with 3D-printers, a technique that the project's architects claim will enable people to design and build their own houses quickly and easily. More about 3D-printing could enable people to build their own houses "at the touch of a button"
In a world first, the US Armed Forces has 3D printed a barracks out of concrete on site at an army base, in less than two days. More about US military 3D prints concrete barracks on site
Berlin-based designers Studio 7.5 collaborated with Parisian 3D printing experts XtreeE to create a series of continuously printed concrete benches with a woven pattern. More about Collection of benches woven in 3D-printed concrete
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design graduate Hadar Neeman has created personalised ballet shoes using 3D-printing technology to reduce dancer's pain. More about P-rouette is a 3D-printed ballet shoe designed to reduce pain felt by the dancer
A lightweight concrete ceiling with formwork 3D-printed from sand is among the innovations to feature in an experimental robot-made house built by university ETH Zurich. More about ETH Zurich makes lightweight concrete ceiling using 3D sand-printing
Brooklyn-based design studio Crème uses home-grown vegetables to produce a sustainable alternative to disposable coffee cups. More about Crème grows gourds in moulds to create biodegradable HyO-Cup
NASA has selected the five winning designs in the latest stage of its 3D-printed Habitat competition, which include a community of modular pods made from the Martian surface, and a vertical egg-like container. More about NASA announces winners of competition to design 3D-printed habitat for Mars
Americans will be able to 3D-print their own guns next month, after a court ruled that blueprints for printable firearms could be made available online again. But their creator and distributor says this won't "break the dam" and cause mass weapon uptake. More about Downloadable files for 3D-printed guns to be made publicly accessible
Royal College of Art graduate Jun Kamei has built a garment that functions like gills, which could allow humans to survive when sea levels rise up and submerge the earth. More about Jun Kamei's amphibious garment could enable humans to breathe underwater
Engineers from MIT have designed soft, 3D-printed structures that can transform their shape "almost instantaneously" with the wave of a magnet. More about MIT engineers create 3D-printed magnetic shape-shifters
Designer Kevin Freitas Conlin has created a skeletal mask for Brooklyn-based drag queen Aquaria, who is competing in tonight's final of reality TV show RuPaul's Drag Race. More about Kevin Freitas Conlin creates 3D-printed mask for RuPaul's Drag Race contestant Aquaria
Royal College of Art graduate Lingxiao Luo has combined 3D-printing with traditional knitwear techniques to create a series of pieces that evoke the playfulness of children's toys. More about Lingxiao Luo combines 3D-printing and knitwear to create playful garments
Students from ETH Zurich have pioneered a method of casting complex, one-off architectural structures from metal in a 3D-printed mould. More about ETH Zurich casts intricate metal facade in a 3D-printed mould
Eindhoven University of Technology has announced plans to 3D print a series of concrete houses that will be made available to rent. More about Eindhoven to build "world's first" 3D-printed houses that people will live inside
Car interiors could morph into different configurations at the flick of a switch, using 3D-printed inflatable structures developed by researchers at the MIT. More about MIT's 3D-printed inflatables could shape the interiors of cars in the future
MINI has created a special-edition car to celebrate the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, featuring a bespoke graphic print and 3D-printed details. More about MINI commemorates royal wedding with one-off car design
Researchers have created a series of 4D-printed plastic objects that fold themselves into predetermined shapes when heated, which they believe could be scaled up to create flat-pack furniture. More about 4D-printing method could allow flat-pack furniture to be assembled with heat alone
A translucent garden pavilion made from 3D-printed plastic blocks provides a lightweight counterpoint to a robust, stone-clad house by AZL Architects in the Chinese village of Shanyinwu. More about AZL Architects creates 3D-printed pavilion alongside stone house in Chinese village
Neri Oxman and her Mediated Matter Group at MIT have expanded their collection of 3D-printed death masks with designs that cultivate new life after death. More about Neri Oxman's new death masks contain pigment-producing microorganisms