your unwanted/failed 3D prints might end up in your mouth. As food. According to reports from interestingengineering.com, via the efforts of a specialized, gooey type of fungus, Biophelion discovered plastic can be broken down into the edible polymer pullulan. I guess that means we'll be keeping our Bambu purges in the future. Oh, and we've plenty of benchys laying around. Anyone peckish?

And not just any clear out. The Portuguese manufacturer of high-performance printers is clearing out its custom in-house machines, meaning all sorts of weird, non-standard build volumes are up for grabs. The printers are all used, large area V-Core 4 designs, but in many cases have Z-heights topping out at 100-150 mm. Now's your chance to enact that functional printer-as-a-coffee-table dream.

and you’ll hear a mix of praise and frustration. At the latest TCT UK User Group, AM adopters agreed their printers are reliable and repeatable, but full integration is still held back by inconsistent material data, the absence of a trusted cost-modeling tool, and ongoing safety and training gaps. The result? A clear to-do list for the industry if 3D printing is to move from pockets of success to true company-wide adoption. Dive into the full report for the details.

The print doesn't stick to the plate, or it does, but only partially. Maybe the print finishes, but the filament isn't it the best shape, so you end up with stringing. There are a lot of irritating things that can go awry when printing. What's the one 3D printing problem you run into the most?

There are so many homes being printed across the U.S., it's hardly news anymore. Yet, this 32-home project, with some expected to hit the market by year’s end, is ambitious. Most will be 1,000-sq.ft, two-bedroom, two-bath houses, priced from $450K, yet this one pictured is already on Zillow for $685K. Developer VeroTouch told Denver's 5280 Magazine that printing cuts costs by up to 20%, reduces labor by 40%, and shaves timelines by 20%.

A new U.S. Army initiative enables field commanders to approve 3D printed parts for faster frontline repairs. Our friends over at BreakingDefense reported U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll stating: “We’re basically saying, ‘Hey colonel, hey general, you have to make the decision. If a door handle is broken on an ISV, you need to get it into the field. If you think that [3D printed] replacement door handle is sufficient, send it out." The military is leaning hard on implementing its recent right-to-repair program announced in May.

Formlabs, best known for its pro-grade resin and SLS 3D printers, is jumping into the increasingly crowded print-on-demand arena. Form Now, its new online service (launching soon) promises to cater to everyone from “garage hobbyist” to “additive expert” with low prices. For now, it’s limited to the U.S. The service is strictly Formlabs gear and materials — which makes sense, since nobody launches a service just to hype the other guy’s printer. Whether its a network of providers or a Formlabs factory is still unknown.