Weta Workshop 3D Prints Alexander Skarsgård’s Woven Body for “Wicker”
Weta Workshop built Alexander Skarsgård’s wicker husband costume from 50 laser-sintered elastomer pieces on a spandex suit, with no real straw involved.
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“REA for Objects” print3d Lets AI Agents Reverse Engineer Things Into Bambu Lab Prints
Marco Franzon's open-source print3d plugin has AI agents model parts in Blender from a photo or idea, check them and slice them in... read more »
Nebula Shows Early 3D Printed Motor Stator From Its Electronics Fabricator
Startup Nebula has shown an early 3D printed motor stator from its multi-material inkjet Fabricator, though the clip shows no rotor or test... read more »
NTU Singapore Develops Nontoxic Photoinitiators for Safer Resin 3D Printing
NTU Singapore researchers have made nontoxic photoinitiators that could replace TPO and BAPO, resin ingredients now being banned in the EU.
SUTD Researchers 3D Print Polymer Color Routers for Brighter Low-Light Photos
Singapore University of Technology and Design researchers have 3D printed polymer color routers that steer light to sensor pixels instead of absorbing it.
MIT Software Embeds Sensors in 3D Printed Lamps, Gloves and Toys
MIT and Tianjin University software embeds sensors in 3D printed hinges. The objects can sense motion along up to three axes.
Revopoint RANGE 3 Series Opens for Pre-Order as MIRACO 2 Heads to Kickstarter
Revopoint launches two scanner lines on October 22: the RANGE 3 Series, two lightweight wide-field scanners from $369 now on pre-order, and MIRACO... read more »
Milan Researchers Turn Soybean Waste Into 3D Printable Skin Repair Material
Milan researchers blended peptides from okara, a soybean by-product, into biodegradable polycaprolactone, and the blend kept its healing activity once printed.
CNC Kitchen’s Free ScanRuler Lets AI Agents Turn 3D Scans Into Parametric CAD
CNC Kitchen YouTuber Stefan Hermann's free ScanRuler tool now lets an artificial intelligence agent rebuild 3D scans as editable, parametric design models.
Additive Industries and Materialise Launch Faster MetalFab Build Processor
The Next-Generation Build Processor for MetalFab metal printers brings MetalFab 420K scan controls and multiprocessing, and is available to customers now.
LAIKA Picks PrismSlicer to Preview Its Full-Color 3D Prints
LAIKA, the stop-motion studio behind Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings, has agreed to add PrismSlicer, a photorealistic preview tool from Prague... read more »
TCT Shenzhen 2026 Draws 34,347 Visitors, Up 85 Percent on Its Last Edition
TCT Shenzhen 2026 closed on October 16 with 34,347 unique visitors over three days, up 85 percent on the previous edition, according to... read more »
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.
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 »
