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3D Printing News
Bringing you the latest 3D printing news from industry, academia and government projects all around the world. From press releases to research papers - come join us, and learn about the hottest trends in additive manufacturing.
Glasgow Engineers Map Damage Inside 3D Printed Lattices in Real Time
University of Glasgow engineers, with colleagues at the University of Sydney, used a hospital imaging method to map cracks in 3D-printed lattice parts... read more »
Cranfield 3D-Prints Natural Rubber Gloves Without a Dipping Line
Cranfield University researchers 3D-printed natural rubber gloves by spraying latex onto a mould, a process meant to replace the dipping lines glove factories... read more »
Prototal Group: Industrial 3D Printing, Molding and Casting Under One Roof
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 »
California AB 2047 Explained: What the New 3D Printer Gun Blocking Law Requires
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 Launches ShiningSpace, a Browser Platform for Real-World 3D Scans
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 »
LLNL 3D-Prints a Bioreactor That Turns Waste Methane Into a Useful Chemical
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 3D-printed a bioreactor that uses bacteria in thin lattice walls to turn waste methane into succinate.
Snapmaker and Phaetus Launch Liber High Flow Hotend for the U1
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 Cambridge Open a 3D Printing Centre
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: Seven Highlights to Watch This October
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 »
ORNL and Boeing 3D-Print a Nearly Two-Ton Mold for Aircraft Parts
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Boeing 3D-printed a nearly two-ton steel mold for stamping thermoplastic composite aircraft parts.
Meshy 7 Review: From a Designer’s Drawings to Four-Color Board Game Pawns, With No Modelling Skills
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 Pika: The Pocket AI 3D Scanner That Wants Scanning to Feel Like Taking a Photo
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 »
LLNL Researchers Inspect Direct-Ink Prints Layer by Layer With Cameras
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 »
CMU Researchers Turn a Single Photo Into Snap-Fit 3D Printed Parts
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 Neo: Artec 3D Launches a Tolerance-Driven Handheld Metrology Scanner
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 »
MIT Spinout 3D Prints Building Trusses From Recycled Plastic
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 Researchers Let Users Repair AI-Generated 3D Models Before Printing
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 Sale 2026: The Four Best Prices, And How The Rest Compare
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 Opens Pre-Sale of FibreSeeker 3 Continuous Carbon Fibre Printer
FibreSeek has opened a limited global pre-sale of 500 FibreSeeker 3 printers, a desktop machine that lays continuous carbon fibre into plastic parts.
