Snapmaker and Phaetus Launch Liber High Flow Hotend for the U1
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ORNL and Boeing 3D-Print a Nearly Two-Ton Mold for Aircraft Parts
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Prototal Group describes itself as Europe's leading manufacturing service provider for industrial 3D printing, injection molding and vacuum casting. With nine facilities in... read more »
The bill that started the year as a DOJ-certified detection mandate with criminal penalties was signed into law on September 26 as something... read more »
SHINING 3D has launched ShiningSpace, a browser-based platform for storing, viewing, editing and sharing 3D scan data. The company says it accepts models... read more »
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 3D-printed a bioreactor that uses bacteria in thin lattice walls to turn waste methane into succinate.
Snapmaker and hotend specialist Phaetus have launched the Liber High Flow Hotend for the Snapmaker U1 toolchanger. According to Snapmaker, it delivers up... read more »
City University of Hong Kong and the University of Cambridge have opened a joint centre that will use 3D printing for data-centre cooling... read more »
TCT Shenzhen 2026 takes place at Shenzhen World from October 14 to 16 with, according to organizer TCT, more than 250 exhibitors, 80-plus... read more »
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Boeing 3D-printed a nearly two-ton steel mold for stamping thermoplastic composite aircraft parts.
Game designer Sonja Uittenboogaard (swurls.nl) draws her own characters. I took three of them, a dragon, an owl and a wizard, and tried... read more »
Creality has shrunk a dual-mode 3D scanner to the size of a compact camera, given it a touchscreen and two swappable batteries, and... read more »
Yes, you can 3D scan with your phone, and the results are better than the price of admission suggests, which is zero. A... read more »
Lawrence Livermore mounted cameras on a direct-ink printer so software can measure filament diameter and flag broken strands before a part leaves the... read more »
Carnegie Mellon software takes a photo, splits the object into 3D parts, and adds peg-and-socket joints so the pieces print and snap together... read more »
Artec 3D says its new handheld blue-light scanner delivers 0.025 mm accuracy at target-anchored features only, while capturing the whole part in color... read more »
Atlas Building Composites, a spinout of MIT mechanical engineering research, 3D prints structural trusses from shredded single-use plastic fused with fiberglass, including a... read more »
MIT CSAIL, with Google and Northeastern, built software that generates 3D models from prompts and lets users fix printability defects with language and... read more »
Elegoo Day runs to September 29 with up to 54% off. Four prices are the lowest we have on record, the material tiers... read more »
FibreSeek has opened a limited global pre-sale of 500 FibreSeeker 3 printers, a desktop machine that lays continuous carbon fibre into plastic parts.
A custom seat tray for a 1984 Honda CB400, a hard-to-find grille for a VW Golf Mk1 Convertible, and a black throttle body... read more »
University of Amsterdam physicists have developed a way to 3D print structures out of ice that need no extra supports and melt back... read more »
Nikon SLM Solutions and Bosch 3D Print Complete V8 Engine Block as a Single PieceNikon SLM Solutions and Bosch Industry Consulting have produced a complete V8 engine block as a single printed part, using the NXG XII 60...
Apollo’s New $4M Supercar Gets a 3D-Printed Titanium Exhaust That Takes 123 Hours to PrintApollo Automobil's upcoming Evo supercar will feature what the company describes as the largest one-piece 3D-printed titanium exhaust sys...
Formula 1 Teams Use 3D Printing to Navigate New Engine Compression Ratio RulesMercedes and Red Bull have reportedly found a way to work around Formula 1's new compression ratio regulations for the 2026 season. The FIA reduced the maximum allowable compression ratio from 18:1...
ORNL and Boeing 3D-Print a Nearly Two-Ton Mold for Aircraft PartsOak Ridge National Laboratory and Boeing 3D-printed a nearly two-ton steel mold for stamping thermoplastic composite aircraft parts.
Beehive Industries Wins $30 Million Air Force Contract for 3D-Printed TurbojetsColorado-based propulsion startup Beehive Industries has secured a nearly $30 million contract from the US Air Force to advance testing a...
University of Utah, Penn State Win NASA Funding to 3D Print Rocket Engine MaterialsThe University of Utah, Penn State, and Colorado-based Elementum 3D have been awarded a NASA Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I grant to develop cold spray additive manufacturing tec...
Queen’s Belfast Team 3D Prints Dissolving Microneedle Patch for Skin CancerQueen’s University Belfast pharmacy researchers have 3D-printed a dissolving microneedle patch that carries two skin-cancer drugs in the ...
USC Researchers 3D Print $30 MRI Coils for Infant Heart ScansUniversity of Southern California researchers have 3D printed flexible MRI coils in under 10 minutes for about $30, and tests showed roug...
3D Printed Coral-Inspired Scaffold Reprograms Immune Cells to Heal Bone DiseaseResearchers have developed a 3D-printed scaffold that reprograms immune cells to repair bone damaged by steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head (SONFH), a condition that affects up to 40%...
Florida Firm 3D Prints Military Drone Boat Using Robotic ArmsA St. Petersburg, Florida manufacturing company has used large-format robotic 3D printing to produce a military drone boat, marking the l...
3D Systems’ Saudi Joint Venture NAMI Wins Military Manufacturing LicenseThe National Additive Manufacturing and Innovation Company (NAMI), a Saudi Arabian joint venture that includes 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD), ha...
Marines 3D-Print Coast Guard Replacement Part in Hours During South Korea ExerciseU.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Logistics Group used a 3D printer to manufacture a replacement component for a U.S. Coast Guard vessel during the Combined Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore 26 exercise in...
MIT Spinout 3D Prints Building Trusses From Recycled PlasticAtlas Building Composites, a spinout of MIT mechanical engineering research, 3D prints structural trusses from shredded single-use plasti...
Kansas State Tests Off-Site 3D-Printed Concrete Storm Shelter ModulesA Kansas State researcher is printing full-size 4-by-4-foot concrete modules off-site, then assembling them as storm-shelter blocks meant...
TU Graz’s 3D-Printed Ceramic Cubes Drop Nearby Air Temperature by 7 DegreesResearchers at Graz University of Technology have built a ceramic cooling wall from 3D-printed porous cubes that lowered air temperature by nearly seven degrees Celsius in a controlled indoor test,...
3D Printed Chimney Cuts Passive PC Cooling Temps by 19°CA YouTuber known as der8auer has demonstrated that attaching a 3D printed chimney stack to a water-cooled CPU's radiator can drop process...
Queen’s University Belfast Researcher 3D-Prints Flow Battery for £74, Shares Design Globally for FreeA post-doctoral researcher at Queen's University Belfast has developed a 3D-printed flow battery that costs roughly £74 to build and is n...
Maker’s Pet launches Oomwoo, an open-source robot vacuum built with a 3D printer and Raspberry PiMaker's Pet has launched Oomwoo, an open-source robot vacuum that users build themselves from a 3D-printed chassis, a Raspberry Pi, and an inexpensive 2D LiDAR sensor. The robot runs ROS 2 with the...
FAU Lands $800,475 EPA Grant to Fight Algal Blooms With 3D-Printed Sargassum and AIFlorida Atlantic University has received an $800,475 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop AI-guided, 3D-printed...
Purdue Researcher Uses 3D Printing to Build Affordable Groundwater Sensors for a Few Hundred Dollars EachA Purdue University researcher has developed a patent-pending, 3D-printed groundwater sensor that costs a few hundred dollars per unit, o...
Autodesk Research and Additive Tectonics Develop 3D Printed Floor System with Alternative MaterialsAutodesk Research has partnered with Additive Tectonics to develop a new approach to concrete floor construction using 3D printing technology. The collaboration combines 3D-printed formwork, natura...
Almaty Designer’s Glue Free Sneaker Uses 3D-Printed TPU SoleAlmaty-based designer Daniyar Uderbekov has released an updated version of UDRB, a modular sneaker system built entirely without adhesive...
Issey Miyake Eyes Introduces 3D Printed Sunglasses with Eight Concave LensesIssey Miyake Eyes has released UROKO, a pair of sunglasses featuring eight concave lenses arranged in two rows of four on each side of th...
Nike Previews Multi-Color 3D Printed Air Max 1000 SneakerNike has unveiled a prototype of the Air Max 1000 "Multicolor," marking the first time the 3D-printed sneaker will feature more than one color. The shoe is produced through Nike's partnership with ...
Google DeepMind Partners with Designer Ross Lovegrove to Create AI-Generated 3D Printed ChairGoogle DeepMind has collaborated with renowned designer Ross Lovegrove and his studio to develop a fine-tuned AI model that can generate ...
3D Printed Modular Column “Duality of Skin and Core” Featured at Venice Biennale 2025A 3D printed modular column titled "Duality of Skin and Core" is currently on display at the Venice Biennale 2025 as part of the Time, Sp...
3D Printed Sculptures Blend Baroque and Sci-Fi in Czech InstallationCzech artist Matyáš Chochola has unveiled a new installation featuring twelve large-scale 3D printed concrete sculptures at the EPO1 Contemporary Art Center in Trutnov, Czech Republic. The installa...
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Hands-On Review: Revopoint Inspire 2 3D ScannerWe have recently got our hands on a couple of new scanners from Revopoint, and in this article we will be taking a look at the Inspire 2
Hands-On Review: Revopoint Trackit 3D ScannerWe got our hands on this funky looking kit, to put it through its paces. Read on to learn more about the “Trackit” and see if this offering from Revopoint is for you.
FibreSeek Opens Pre-Sale of FibreSeeker 3 Continuous Carbon Fibre PrinterFibreSeek has opened a limited global pre-sale of 500 FibreSeeker 3 printers, a desktop machine that lays continuous carbon fibre into pl...
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MIT Researchers 3D Print Modular Blocks for Shape-Changing Smart DevicesMIT researchers have 3D printed a set of modular building blocks that stay electrically connected no matter how you compress, stretch, ro...
Heidelberg Team Designs Recyclable Polymer for Light-Based 3D PrintingA Heidelberg University team has designed a light-curable 3D printing polymer that a chemical trigger can take apart at room temperature....
MIT turns pine-cone mechanics into 3D-printable adaptive materialsAn MIT team used category theory to break a pine cone's humidity response into independently validated building blocks, mixed some of those blocks with wheat-awn twist mechanics, and 3D-printed a t...