in a refreshingly tactile twist in an age of algorithmic everything. The BBC has opted for 3D printers and painstaking craftsmanship in its Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics coverage promo. The trailer, "Trails Will Blaze", is a lovingly stop-motion world built from hundreds of individually 3D printed athletes skating, skiing, and tumbling across miniature Italian mountains. Watch the making of the promo here.
It's a simple question, but one inspired by what we're witnessing in the incredible rise of companies like ZB Designs, building multi-million dollar enterprises printing collectible toys using the same "consumer" 3D printers many of us have sitting on our desks.
It has us wondering: how many of you are monetizing your hardware and expertise? Are you leaning into the entrepreneurial side of the hobby, or do you prefer to keep your printing strictly personal?
Precision Additive claims its new PA series hits speeds of 10,000 cm³/h — ten times faster than industry leaders — but is it a breakthrough or just bold marketing?
Prusa partners with Škoda Auto to release "Electric" and "Emerald" greens to your 3D printer in both PLA and PETG.
a team of Cornell Univ. researchers plunged into the next frontier of additive manufacturing with an underwater 3D printer that could redefine maritime construction and infrastructure repair. The process includes specialized concrete "ink" and seafloor sediment as a primary ingredient that's capable of resisting washout while remaining pumpable. A final test slated for March is 3D printing complex underwater arches.
Learn about the 7 main types and more than 20 subtypes of 3D printer technology, including FDM, SLS, MJF, SLA, SLM, and many more methods of additive manufacturing.
This print (the incredible Borderlands 4 "Ripper" mask – Printables) still looks great, even with the errors from so much loose debris thrown around the print volume.
Incidentally, the Snapmaker U1's five-second toolhead swap claim isn't marketing guff – for the most part it is five seconds, depending on when exactly you start the clock. It is quick.
Research proves that a 3D printed redesign of a traditional oil industry device can consolidate complex assemblies into a single, high-performance part.
While companies like FlyingBear race to automate the desktop FDM workflow, the industry is still searching for the 'gold standard' in reliable, lights-out production.
You've heard about it, but what is AutoCAD? Learn all about the popular CAD giant that brought design software to the masses.
Sgt. Henry David Volpe with the 2nd Marine Logistics Group proudly shows off the HANX drone he designed, which is the Marine Corps' first National Defense Authorizing Act-compliant, 3D printed drone, providing "a secure and adaptable aerial platform for the modern warfighter," the Corps says. NDAA compliant means it is resilient to backdoor programs from adversaries, making it a device that can be used by any Marine for their mission.
Bambu Lab has released version 2.5.0 of Bambu Studio, a grab bag update that adds features and improvements honing in on the mechanical stability of multi-material prints and, among other things, more granular control over surface artifacts.
ASA and ABS might look similar, but substituting one for the other can be a costly mistake. From UV stability to warping headaches, here is everything you need to know before you hit print.
Polycam has released an update to its iOS application that introduces “Space Mode" – an AI-powered feature that reconstructs 3D spaces from video footage, no lidar necessary.
From 60% faster material testing to critical submarine components printed at sea, the U.S. Navy is moving past experimentation to build a self-sustaining, 3D printed frontline.
The printer follows in the original Centauri Carbon’s footsteps with a low price and high expectations, adding multicolor/multi-material capability and improvements to temperature management and out-of-the-box printing of "advanced" materials.
The latest version of Siemens NX X CAD/CAM software delivers enhanced AI-assisted design and CAM workflows, deeper cloud-native collaboration, and expanded automation and intelligent programming features to boost productivity across distributed teams.
But do you care?
Every week sees a new shoe-centric foaming, flexible or otherwise footwear-aligned material release vying for your attention (and sole – ha). I've toyed with printing super soft filaments, but the results have varied wildly. How about you? Have you printed you own shoes at home? What about buying a pair?
A Washington State proposed law would mandate that 3D printers have 'blocking technologies' to identify and stop firearm parts before they're created.
Filamentive Bio HT offers 160°C heat resistance and industrial strength in a bio-based PLA that requires zero annealing.