Starbucks brewed up something new to build its latest store: a 3D printer. The coffee giant's newest shop opening this week is its first 3D printed store in the country, Starbucks said.

The big picture: For years, companies have touted 3D printing as the future of construction, and now one of the strongest signs of the technology moving into the mainstream has arrived.

Starbucks’ new drive-thru in Texas is the brand’s first 3D printed store in the U.S. The Brownsville location was built using a robotic arm that layers concrete. Starbucks hasn’t said if ...

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Researchers have found special atomic patterns called quasicrystals in 3D-printed aluminum alloys. Quasicrystals increase the strength of 3D-printed aluminum, the researchers discovered ...

I remember the first time I actually saw something get 3D printed — it was probably seven or eight years ago when an astronaut 3D printed a tool in space. It seemed wild at the time, until I ...

There's a new pour from Starbucks: Its first 3D printed store in the U.S. The Seattle-based coffee giant with more than 17,000 locations nationwide has never had a store quite like the one opening ...

Imagine *** world where you can fold up your home like origami and take it to go skip the traffic by soaring to the skies and 3D print bridges. These innovations are actually closer to reality ...