An Austrian artist has coerced some hermit crabs into adopting shells created by a 3-D printer — shells in the shape of the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Hermit crabs don't actually make their own ...

When you think about exciting uses for 3D printing, what is the first thing that pops into your mind? 3D-printed houses for hermit crabs, created to resemble famous cityscapes around the world, right?

TOWNSHEND — Over 25 years ago, Robert DuGrenier happened upon a hermit crab wearing a broken Coca-Cola bottle as a shell. He was visiting the Bahamas, and the critter scuttled across his beach blanket ...