The printer is only half the battle. From carbon-capturing evoZero to local soil blends, we dive into the advanced material science that is finally making 3D construction viable.
If you missed out on Black Friday, don’t fret. Most companies are keeping their sales active for Cyber Week and the holiday season, giving you a second chance to snag an upgrade.
Start-up Forte3D’s carbon-fiber 3D printed cellos and violins follow a familiar pattern in 3D printing innovation: someone needs something faster, cheaper, or more efficiently than traditional methods, so they turn to 3D printing. Then someone else refines that idea, perfects it, and builds a business around it. Forte3D isn’t the first to produce 3D printed string instruments, but it may well be the best-sounding.
Not ready to invest in a 3D scanner but want pro-level digital twins and reverse engineering? Artec says it has the solution.
Say goodbye to sticky buckets and hazardous fumes. We break down the best post-processing stations from budget-friendly Anycubic and Elegoo units to pro-grade gear from Formlabs.
Catching up on projects over the break? PCBWay has shaved 10% off two specific engineering resins that offer toughness and transparency.
Christmas is… *checks calendar* about three weeks away. Are you ready? If not, maybe we can help. Here's a handful of thoughtful and useful gifts we'd be glad to see left under the tree this year.
While desktop printing shifts to LCD, industrial giants like 3D Systems are betting big on lasers again and slashing production timelines from months to mere days on large tooling.
FMGI, a long-established U.S.-based general contractor, just made a decisive leap into 3D printed construction thanks to a new partnership with Alquist 3D and Walmart for more than a dozen construction projects beginning in 2026. FMGI is leasing Alquist’s just-launched A1X concrete printers and preparing its crews to build with robots at scale. The contractor stands to become one of the first to integrate additive construction into its core business model.
Medical professionals and device manufacturers can now create patient-specific anatomically realistic models that behave like real tissue under CT or X-ray.
Of the three big multi-material contenders from Formnext – the Snapmaker U1, Bambu Lab H2C, and Prusa Core One – the Bondtech-powered INDX system won handily, securing more votes than the other two combined.
What is it about the INDX that gets your printing juices flowing?
We got a glimpse of Creality’s future for the Ender series at Formnext, and it’s customizable and colorful.
While the company’s big news at the show was a new recipe for its ObXiDian nozzles – the new ObXiDian 500, which offers superior non-stick, abrasives-resistance at higher temperatures – what caught my eye was a mesmerizing shiny green spinning thing. I’m easily distracted like that.
Representative of the company’s in-development Fuge technology, it’s a new internal geometry for nozzles that flattens the filament, rather than splitting it like Bondtech’s CHT does.
On display at Formnext last week, Elegoo’s new multicolor-centric 3D printer does not replace the original Centauri Carbon, the company has told us.
Amid the bustle of a busy Formnext week, we sat with Bambu Lab CEO Ye Tao for a casual chat about company's just-launched nozzle-swapping 3D printer. Surprisingly, the printer's real value to Tao isn't necessarily in saving material at color changes.
This 600 mm/s machine with an IFS module proves that fast, multicolor 3D printing is affordable this holiday season.
A few years ago, 3D printed bike saddles were met with raised eyebrows. Then the 2025 Tour de France champ cruised to victory atop one, and suddenly the future of bike seats felt very… printed. Now ENVE wants your hands in on the action. Its new 3DXC grips ($45) replace traditional foam with a 3D printed resin lattice promising more comfort and control than its molded counterparts.
Big ticket printer deals often grab the headlines, but Black Friday is actually a solid time to stock up on consumables. We've found significant bulk discounts from Sunlu, Bambu Lab, and Creality – just watch out for the shipping minimums.
Limited-time deals on Revopoint’s full lineup of next-generation 3D scanners run through Dec. 7.
The latest full release brings an HDR-ready ACES color pipeline for cinematic realism, plus major modeling upgrades: powerful new volume and SDF workflows, revamped Geometry Nodes modifiers, and smoother UV and mesh handling. Animators get workflow boosts and Grease Pencil motion blur, while the Sequencer now talks directly to the Compositor for sleek editing. With UI polish, big-scene performance gains, and hundreds of fixes, it’s a studio-grade leap for both modeling and production.
