Source: TheNomad via Positron 3D Discord

This article is free for you and free from outside influence. To keep things this way, we finance it through advertising, ad-free subscriptions, and shopping links. If you purchase using a shopping link, we may earn a commission. Learn more

Molecular Analysis

Positron 3D Preparing to Present New Proton at 3D Printopia

by Jonny Edge
Published Sep 19, 2025

Following a string of riddles over on Discord, Positron 3D has revealed its plans for 3D Printopia.

Positron 3D’s 3D printing Discord community solved a selection of riddles posted by the firm’s CEO, TheNomad, and as a result broke news that 3D Printopia will see the debut of the Proton, the company’s new 3D printer.

The firm is the creator of the unique and highly-transportable “upside-down” 3D printer called the Positron, and the name Proton appears to be a carefully selected and meaningful name. A positron is a subatomic particle, while a proton is significantly more massive. This clever naming scheme, along with a teaser image of what looks like a larger-scale machine, suggests the new printer will be a bigger and more capable version of the original design. Hence, Proton.

The original Positron was unique with its upside-down printing design, and was also easily able to break down into a transportable product in luggage. It wasn’t cheap, but printers designed in this way are incredibly rare. With another one seemingly on the way, and building off an already successful sibling, it’s easy to see why some might be getting excited about it.

It Prints For The Users!

The Collapsible, Upside-Down Positron 3D Printer Is Now Available as a Kit

Further information is, for now, unavailable it seems. So, we will have to wait until TheNomad gives us some more puzzles, or the 3D Printopia event.

Read more recent news:

Tired of Reading? Try Listening

About the Author:

Jonny Edge

All3DP Editor with almost 15 years of journalism under his belt, but his real job is as a Cat Butler. Often seen boxing. Coincidentally, also seen getting punched a lot.

License: The text of "Positron 3D Preparing to Present New Proton at 3D Printopia" by All3DP is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.