These exciting 3D-printed fashion designs, including dresses, bikinis, shoes, jewelry and eyewear, could be at the forefront of a manufacturing revolution.

Any expert can call them out as fakes. How is it, then, that these photos misled 5,000 publishers worldwide and, consequently, an awed global audience of millions?

On land, by sea, in the air (and in one case: outer space), these winning entries are daring and visionary, defying convention, technology and at times even gravity.

The Agaculture Symbiosis Suit proposes a mutually beneficial relationship between the human wearing the suit, and the algae-turned-food in the tubes.

Dutch architects DUS plan to build the first 3D-printed house alongside a canal in Amsterdam using a mobile 3D printer in a shipping container.

Strong as steel, half the weight and running on very little gas, the plastic Urbee 2 hybrid vehicle is manufactured with a near-automated 3D printing process.

A futuristic concept for a train station in Ukraine features a cloud-like hovering canopy filled with helium, which seems as if it could float away at any time.

This future-looking skyscraper fuses passive power generation, urban agricultural endeavors, modular climate-sensitive skins and mobile plug-and-play platforms.

Renaud Marion is well established in the realm of realistic photo editing, splicing everything from architecture to wild animals into ordinary city street scenes.

Another contender for the first 3D printed house, 'ProtoHouse 2.0' looks like a spider's nest and can be assembled without screws or welding in a single day.