Maurice Ribble’s EEW Maker Kit Turns 3D Printed Parts Into an Electric Spinning Wheel
A $99 Kickstarter hardware kit pairs a motor, spindle and circuit board with open-source printed parts to build an electric spinning wheel for... read more »
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A University of Tokyo team tunes printed lattices in one TPU to give a life-sized robot soft muscles, stiff tendons and bearing-free joints.
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A $99 Kickstarter hardware kit pairs a motor, spindle and circuit board with open-source printed parts to build an electric spinning wheel for... read more »
Ethan Gao’s P2 design folds to 300 by 300 by 80 mm, hides a whole filament spool and has to be built by... read more »
Tripo is an AI 3D modeling platform that turns a picture or a text prompt into a 3D model. By its own count,... read more »
Honors College students in Florida print clay hexa-logs that help native oysters settle on Tampa Bay seawalls, and they plan to open-source the... read more »
Bambu Lab has launched the H3C, the first printer in its third generation and a nine-tool tool changer. Nine print tools dock in... read more »
Robot maker PathOn Robotics has released print files for the three-finger, four-motor 3D printed hand its own robot uses.
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has flown a midsized drone on what it says is the first 3D printed heavy-fuel engine, an... read more »
A sensor plate on one side of the print lets UNIST engineers track when fresh 3D printed concrete is strong enough to carry... read more »
Polymaker has announced CymphoniK, a color mixing system for pellet-fed large-format 3D printing that lets a studio produce custom colors on site from... read more »
The New Raw has 3D printed Buoy, a series of swinging public seats made from discarded Rotterdam harbour rope recycled in the Netherlands.
Hands-on tests of the printers, scanners, and software worth your money.
Verdict: Tripo H3.1 turns a picture into a detailed, textured model in minutes with image generation, modeling, and export all in one workspace, though the multi-color export needs manual color mapping and orientation fixes.
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Cons
$20 a month
Price at time of review
By Peter Strikwerda · Updated Nov 4, 2026
AI 3D modeling software Tripo H3.1
Tripo H3.1 turns a picture into a detailed, textured model in minutes with image generation, modeling, and export…
$20 a month
Verdict: A genuinely beginner-friendly enclosed laser that delivers real results on day one, but the camera setup is opaque and the autofocus has a blind spot that can cost you a project.
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$647
Price at time of review
By Robert Dehue · Updated Oct 7, 2026
Laser engraver Creality Falcon A1C
A genuinely beginner-friendly enclosed laser that delivers real results on day one, but the camera setup is opaque…
$647
Verdict: Meshy 7 reliably turns character drawings into printable, recognizable multicolor pawns, though edge cases like multi-view disagreement and color segmentation still require human intervention.
Pros
Cons
By Robert Dehue · Updated Nov 4, 2026
AI 3D modeling tool Meshy 7
Meshy 7 reliably turns character drawings into printable, recognizable multicolor pawns, though edge cases like multi-view disagreement and…
Verdict: The MetroY Pro improves on the MetroX with faster scanning speeds, wireless mobility, and better results on difficult surfaces, though texture merging remains limited.
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Cons
$1,495.00
Price at time of review
By 3DPrinting.com · Updated Sep 30, 2026
3D scanner Revopoint MetroY Pro
The MetroY Pro improves on the MetroX with faster scanning speeds, wireless mobility, and better results on difficult…
$1,495.00
Verdict: The Revopoint MetroX delivers metrology-grade accuracy with versatile blue laser and structured light scanning modes, though it takes practice to master and lacks built-in measurement tools.
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Cons
By Phillip Keane · Updated May 23, 2025
3D scanner Revopoint MetroX
The Revopoint MetroX delivers metrology-grade accuracy with versatile blue laser and structured light scanning modes, though it takes…
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