RMIT Prints Architectural Forms With Coffee Waste Filament
RMIT researchers turned spent Melbourne coffee grounds into a stronger, biodegradable printing material and a full-scale demonstrator for Melbourne Design Week.
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De Montfort University Fellowship Backs 3D Printed Artificial Muscles for Soft Robots
A Royal Academy of Engineering fellowship gives De Montfort University's Meisam Abdi up to a year to print piezoelectric muscles for safer soft... read more »
Metal 3D Printed Propellers Make Powerboat World Championship Debut in UIM F2
Steel Developments and Caleb Jelf ran two five-bladed stainless steel propellers, 3D printed with direct metal laser sintering, in UIM F2 World Championship... read more »
Snapmaker Opens Snapmaker Space and Backs Full Spectrum Color Printing With a Four-Filament Bundle
Snapmaker has opened the beta of Snapmaker Space, a model platform built around its U1 toolchanger. It launches with more than 2,500 models... read more »
Miami University Studies Greener Ways to Machine 3D Printed Carbon Fiber Parts
An NSF-funded Miami University project compares dry, minimum quantity lubrication and cryogenic machining for finishing printed CFRP parts.
OECHSLER Scales Carbon Lattice Production to 40 Printers Running Around the Clock
OECHSLER runs 40 Carbon printers on three shifts and expects to make roughly two million components in 2026.
Mom’s 3D Printed Learning Toys for Her Toddler Draw Over 6 Million Views
A US mom prints pretend play toys for her two-year-old son at home, and her Instagram Reel about them went viral with parents.
Open Source RepRapMicron Now Cures Resin at Micron Scale Through a Network Patch Cord
RepRapMicron now cures resin at micron scale by shining a UV LED down an ordinary network patch cord, using off the shelf parts... read more »
Skoda Releases Free 3D Printable Car Accessories on Printables
Škoda Auto now offers free 3D printable cupholders, storage boxes and cable organizers on Printables for current and discontinued models.
Montana Tech Team 3D Prints Replica of Edmonia Lewis’s Death of Cleopatra
Montana Tech printed 115 PLA pieces over 1,150 hours to recreate Edmonia Lewis's long-lost 1876 marble statue for a Montana museum show.
Kevin Noki Designs 3D Printed Brick Phone to Beat Smartphone Distraction
ADHD ONE is a chunky retro handset that pairs with an iPhone over Bluetooth so calls get through while the scrolling stays out... read more »
Nike Air Works Adds 3D Printed Slip-On from LA Creative Masyn
Masyn's black slip-on with a glowing red Air unit is the fourth 3D printed Air Max to come out of Nike's Air Works... read more »
Czech Designer Brings Ceramic Clay Printing to Maker Faire Brno
Jan Vítek of Brno University of Technology will teach ceramic clay extrusion at Maker Faire Brno, where soft clay still needs craft during... read more »
NormaCore Open-Sources a Fully 3D-Printed Robotic Desk Lamp
NormaCore's open-source Lamp is a fully printed five-servo desk robot that moves with personality and costs about $140 to $160 to build.
Dutch Zoo Fits a Hornbill with Titanium Printed Beak
Artis Zoo, Utrecht University, UMC Utrecht and Amnovis restored both halves of a southern ground hornbill beak with titanium prostheses.
ORNL Wins Composites Award for 3D-Printed Water-Soluble Mandrels
ORNL and collaborators earned a 2026 ACE Award for 3D-printed water-soluble mandrels that make linerless composite gas tanks.
Aerotex Certifies a Printed Water Scoop for the CL-415
Aerotex and Levy's Machine Works certified a printed water scoop for the CL-415 so crews can replace a worn casting without a production-batch... read more »
Formlabs Launches Form Studio 1 Resin Printer From $699
Formlabs opens orders for the enclosed Form Studio 1 resin printer at $699, with shipping from 16 November and six new Alpha Resins... read more »
Rowan Engineers Monitor 3D-Printed Concrete by Analyzing Images in Reverse
Rowan engineers start from the finished print and analyze images backward to see how lower layers of 3D-printed concrete deform under new ones.
Protecting Long 3D Prints From Power Failures: Do You Need a UPS or Voltage Stabilizer?
A two-second outage can end a 40-hour print. Built-in power-loss recovery, a UPS and a voltage stabilizer each deal with a different part... read more »
