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Robo Nine is 3D printing its first batch of 50 SO-ARM102 leader arms in China for the open-source education kit sold at robonine.com.
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Callaway Golf will invest $15 million in a Fort Worth titanium 3D printing facility, expected to open mid-2027 and support custom titanium products... read more »
Blue Origin's new Northstar liquid oxygen and LNG booster engine is more than 65 percent additively manufactured, with 30 percent less mass than... read more »
NC State, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and JEOL put full-size electron-beam printed tungsten divertor tiles through 74 plasma shots at DIII-D.
Lawrence Livermore used two-photon polymerization to print a sub-millimeter National Ignition Facility diagnostic cone in one day instead of ten.
Tripo AI has launched Agentic Canvas, a node-based workspace inside Tripo Studio where an AI agent assembles multi-step 3D workflows that users can... read more »
Northwestern's slot-die and light process builds freestanding lattices from paste inks over four times faster than extrusion, without co-printed supports.
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.
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 »
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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$20 a month
Price at time of review
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
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.
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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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$1,495.00
Price at time of review
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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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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Printed Tungsten Tiles Survive Plasma Tests at DIII-D
Tripo AI Launches Agentic Canvas, a Node-Based Workflow Builder for AI 3D
Northwestern Engineers Print Paste Inks Into Freestanding Lattices Four Times Faster
Student Designs Backpack-Sized Folding 3D Printer With the Filament Spool Inside
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