The suspect told investigators he was making toys for his kids, but inside his bedroom closet investigators say they found a 3D printer actively manufacturing devices that turn rifles and handguns into automatic weapons.
MakeX Palo Alto is a student-ran group that specializes in making 3D printed products. When they saw a Facebook message asking for help with protection for medical personnel, they got to work.
An army on volunteers in the South Bay are using 3D printers to make CVOID-19 face shields for healthcare workers on the frontlines.
"We're trying to connect people that need PPE to people that have PPE and try and bring those two communities together in a very short amount of time."
The Lawrence Livermore Lab famous for designing nuclear warheads is branching out into a public-private partnership using advanced 3D printers to create and perfect techniques that can be used by the industry.
One kid is trying to show others science can be fun: "Okay you may hate math, you may not like science, you may not like language arts, you may not even like art, but it all comes together with this one project," Xander said.