Following last week's release of the tough, non-stick ObXidian drop-in replacements for the A1 and A1 Mini machines, there's now the Diamondback. Fashioned from uber-hard lab-made diamond, the E3D DiamondBack hot end for A1/A1 Mini is a simple switch that offers top abrasion resistance. The obvious appeal of a nozzle like this is printing abrasive filaments, but the idea of never having to buy a nozzle again because it'll outlive the printer is also appealing.
Bambu Lab’s H2D 3D printer and 3D printing toy cultivator the CyberBrick have caught Time’s eye. But what has the internationally impactful publication had to say about them?
As reported on footwear trendspotting site Sole Retriever, Nike appears to have accidentally posted a new purple color Air Max 1000 on Zellerfeld, before taking them down again. Thought to release later this year, they'd join black as the second color of the high-profile 3D printed footwear release. Also on Sole Retriever, there's an update on Adidas' Climacool fully 3D printed slip-on sneakers, which are coming soon in a cool Grey Four variant in grey with contrasting black Adidas stripes.
With the release of Cura 5.11 beta, UltiMaker has boosted the performance of its S6 and S8 pro printers, as well as provided painting tools that should aid print quality improvements for users.
HP AM Solutions's new Parts Portal gives you on-demand access to industrial-scale 3D printing, without the in-house cost and complexity.
A teaser posted to the company’s social media channels focuses on the old printer's most recognizable, and maligned, feature – its display – beneath a big “REFRESH” message. So buckle up, a new printer is on its way.
Tech giant Qualcomm just scooped up open-source darling Arduino, the maker community’s favorite tinkering toolkit turned global phenomenon. The newly united duo promises to fuse Qualcomm’s AI horsepower with Arduino’s open-source spirit starting with the new $44 Arduino UNO Q, landing this month with a Dragonwing “dual-brain” processor. Qualcomm says it’s about democratizing AI; Arduino swears it’s still all about accessibility. Whether this partnership sparks the next wave of intelligent DIY innovation or shifts focuses on corporate IT remains to be seen.
For foundries, dental labs, and jewelers, messy burnouts and inaccurate parts lead to costly failures. A new UK-made photopolymer promises to deliver clean and precise results for all types of metal casting.
A new 'AirSword' system from EOS AMCM clears the air — literally — inside the build chamber of soot and debris to enable metal prints on an unprecedented scale.
In an industry that’s often quiet about security, Bambu Lab is making its entire playbook public. Here's what this new level of transparency means for you and every other 3D printer owner.
Bucking the modern condition of rising prices, 3D Fuel are the good guys this week, passing newfound savings from its recently expanded operation to customers with lowered prices on everyday filaments.
Prusa's answer to the question "what accessories should I get with this printer?" is "all of them". A full complement of build plates, nozzles, camera and other helpful doodads comes with the Core One "Ultimate Edition," making a great printer even better.
Polymaker’s wild Restock Day sale is also live, knocking a blanket 35% off sitewide - no coupon code necessary. On top of that, the manufacturer is offering free shipping and 5% cashback on orders.
Napkin math tells me you'd be looking at savings of over $70 on ten spools of Panchroma Matte PLA, or over $100 off a 3 kg spool of Fiberon PPS-CF10, for example. If you were planning to stock up on filament anytime soon, this is the time, and Polymaker is the place. Until October 10, that is. That’s when the sale ends.
After granting its Form 4 users in the U.S. the god-like power to 3D print in any custom color imaginable, Formlabs CRO Nick Graham says customers were crippled by the sheer tyranny of the RGB spectrum: "Customers gave us the feedback that they would prefer some standard options to get them started." Formlabs has now rolled out a 16-pack of pre-selected "classic colors."
Amazon is back with another extravaganza, with official Prusa Research gear a headline feature in the Prime member-exclusive sale. Casting our net wider, we've found other stores that are cashing in on the action, too.
Now available for Autodesk Fusion, this AI copilot intelligently anticipates and applies sketch constraints and dimensions, letting you focus on creative design – not digital housekeeping.
For lighter-weight drones, faster printing molds, and a host of new applications, 3D printing with foaming materials opens new doors for professionals and hobbyists.
Stability enhancements and printer support are on the menu with the latest OrcaSlicer release, here's the headline changes in v2.3.1.
You can read about it here, but the event got me thinking. Even though a physical "flagship" store still has to turn brisk business to justify itself (it's not just a marketing exercise) is there even much demand for in-person printer shopping?
I sit behind a keyboard for my job, so it's easy for me to assume that no, it's all internet-based, since that's all I see. But a recent reader survey in PC Mag of brick-and-mortar tech stores placed Micro Center top of the pile. And they sell 3D printers, filaments, accessories... the lot. So tell me, where do you buy your 3D printing gear?
In a new study, which may not come as a surprise to veteran makers, the cubic-subdivision won out over the octet, gyroid, grid, and concentric, among five others, as the infill that had the highest energy absorption efficiency due to its desirable "progressive folding" failure mode. This ensures that parts, like helmets, can absorb a maximum amount of energy while transmitting the minimum amount of peak force. Researchers used glass-filled PLA.
