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• 3D Printed Copper Cold Plates Could Cut Data Center Cooling Energy by 98% May 8
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• Researchers at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new way to 3D print materials that can move on their own, bending, twisting,...
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• A friend of mine, Ed Davis, once pointed out the level of strategic replication in additive. I wasn’t aware of it before and haven’t been able to unsee it since....
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• In the summer of 2025, the US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) opened a new advanced manufacturing facility at Schofield Barracks, the Hawaiian home of the US Army’s 25th Infantry Division. INDOPACOM...
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• Shares of Xometry (Nasdaq: XMTR) surged on Thursday, May 7, after the company reported record first-quarter 2026 results and announced a major partnership with Siemens. The stock climbed as much...
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• Our favorite open source hardware certifications in April included a software defined radio peripheral, a nature camera, and a home automation sensor. The post Open Source Hardware Certifications for April 2026 appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• WEBSITE I INSTAGRAM Get ready for a day packed with invention, experimentation, and creativity at Maker Faire Delft 2026! Taking over the vibrant TU Delft campus on 8 May from 12:00–20:00, an inspiring community of makers, artists, engineers, designers, researchers, students, inventors, and tech enthusiasts from across the Netherlands and beyond come together to talk […] The post Made In Delft: “Making for a Better Society” appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• Every October, the Gazometro Ostiense fills —a former industrial gas plant in the south of Rome — with machines that did not exist the year before and rust, steel, and industrial memory. For three days, October 23–25, 2026, the 14th edition of Maker Faire Rome – The European Edition becomes a place where building is […] The post Calling All Prototypes To Maker Faire Rome 2026 appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• Revopoint POP 4 Launches on Kickstarter: Hybrid Blue Laser and Infrared 3D Scanner from $579 May 7
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• Researchers 3D Print Glowing Shapes Using Bioluminescent Algae Embedded in Hydrogel May 7
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• In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start with a strategic collaboration to advance next-generation metal additive manufacturing (AM), before moving on to funding for surgical research. We’ll end with...
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• Collaboration between emerging technology enterprises and research universities is one of the most consistently winning tactics for any nation building (or rebuilding) an industrial ecosystem. It’s an especially constructive approach...
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• Materialise (Euronext and NASDAQ: MTLS) started 2026 with stable revenue, stronger margins, and better operating profit, helped by growth in medical and improved profitability in software. The Belgian 3D printing...
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• Best Resin 3D Printers in 2026: Our Top Picks May 6
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• From Reddit’s 3D printed Minis community, we learned that the government of Canada has released a 3D printing library of military vehicle Minis. Now this may seem to be a...
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• The way that manufacturers produce goods is changing, concerning both the techniques involved, as well as the overarching strategies which organize those techniques into systems of output. Additive manufacturing (AM)...
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• Protolabs (NYSE: PRLB) kicked off 2026 with a strong quarter, showing steady growth, better margins, and improving customer engagement, even though some parts of the business, especially 3D printing in...
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• SWISSto12 is to work with HPS/LSS. High Performance Space Structure Systems and Large Space Structures are two separate firms that work together on large antenna reflectors. The two will work...
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• With the US turning its back on exquisite, expensive military goods in favor of volume manufacturing of less expensive items, new strategies should come to the fore. But attritable $250,000...
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• Chromatic 3D Materials makes cost-effective, tough elastomeric materials. Its process is being used to make industrial parts at scale. Now the film has turned into rocket propellant. The firm is...
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• 3Dnatives is proud to announce the inaugural edition of ADDITIV Defense, a global virtual summit dedicated to additive manufacturing in military and defense environments. The free event takes place on...
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• Phillips Federal will participate in a Marine Corps exercise that will use several additive manufacturing technologies. The 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force (IMEF), will...
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• Align Technology (Nasdaq: ALGN) kicked off 2026 with steady financial results, with most of the growth coming from its core high-volume 3D printing business. The maker of Invisalign reported first-quarter...
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• Continuum Powders has named Jon Cozens as its new chief executive officer, a move that points to a shift in where the company is headed. After spending the past few...
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• Sulfur cathodes remain a prominent area of battery research because they combine low-cost, abundant materials with very high theoretical energy density. A study published in Nature by researchers from CY University, the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), ICREA, and Fuzhou University examines sulfur-based battery systems through…
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• Titomic Limited, an Australian cold spray additive manufacturing company listed on the ASX as TTT, has received a purchase order from Iowa State University for a Titomic 623 ISB-11 system. Part of its turnkey Integrated Spray Booth solutions, the equipment will support research and development at the university. Students and researchers are expected to use…
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• Chromatic 3D Materials, a company developing additively manufactured elastomeric and propulsion materials, has announced successful prototype printing and static fire testing of its 3D printed rocket propellant at the Integrated Solutions for Systems (IS4S) test range in Opelika, Alabama. Tests showed the material sustained combustion pressures above 1,800 psi without structural failure, marking a milestone…
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• Eplus3D, a manufacturer of industrial metal additive manufacturing systems, Rosswag Engineering, the additive manufacturing division of German metal processing company Rosswag GmbH, and qualloy, a supplier and marketplace for metal powders used in additive manufacturing, have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly advance next-generation metal additive manufacturing systems and supply chains. As part of…
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• America Makes, a US public-private partnership focused on additive manufacturing, and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have announced two project calls worth a combined $25.6 million. The funding is split between the $12.4 million Maturation Initiative for Additive Metals Interchangeability (MIAMI) and the $13.2 million INtegrated System for In-situ Testing &…
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• Student Sam Potozkin built a talking C-3PO head that's big on realism. The post Chatty C-3PO (Threepio) Explores Human-AI Relations appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• WEBSITE I FACEBOOK I INSTGRAM Maker Faire Trieste is a reminder of what the movement can be at its best: deeply local and rooted in the unique community of a particular place and its history, radically international, scientifically aspirational and collaborative, and full of the joyful chaos that makes Maker Faire as much a way […] The post Maker Faire Trieste 2026: La Festa dell’Ingegno appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• Best 3D Printers for Beginners 2026 May 4
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• Jesse Roitenberg is the Education Director at Stratasys. We go through his 20-year journey in additive, starting in some really pioneering days at Stratasys in sales. Jesse talks about desktop...
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• Researchers at the University of Oxford are getting closer to building brain-like tissue with 3D printing, improving how cells can be organized into structures that resemble the human brain. The...
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• The Defense Autonomous Warfare Group (DAWG), also called the Defense Autonomous Working Group, may be funded to the tune of $55 billion. Overseen by Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg, this...
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• The Polish company XTPL is among a category of small startups sitting at the overlap between additive manufacturing (AM) and advanced packaging for the semiconductor industry. 3DPrint.com’s Vanesa Listek wrote...
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• Nike has launched the Air Max 1000.2, an upgraded version of its 2024 Air Max 1000, developed in collaboration with 3D printing footwear factory Zellerfeld. The all-black sneaker goes on sale May 7 via the Snkrs app at $179, with early raffle access through Zellerfeld from May 4. Same DNA, Smarter Construction The Air Max…
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• American designer Alexander Wang has released Griphoria, the first commercially available 3D printed stiletto, developed over six years in partnership with 3D printing company Carbon and footwear software provider HILOS. Made almost entirely from elastomeric polyurethane using Carbon’s Digital Light Synthesis technology, the heel-forward mule retails for $795 and is available now, fabricated in Italy…
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• Oxford University researchers have successfully built and implanted structured human brain tissue into living mouse brains. Over several years, the Oxford Martin Programme on 3D Printing for Brain Repair used stem cells, 3D printing, and microfluidics to engineer layered cortical tissue that integrated with host brain tissue, reduced lesion size in injury models, and communicated…
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• Microscale 3D printer manufacturer Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) has released BMF Clear, a photopolymer resin rated at greater than 90% light transmittance. Designed for use on its 10µm and 25µm resolution printing platforms, the material is built specifically for applications where both optical performance and dimensional accuracy at the micron-scale are simultaneously required. That combination…
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• A new facility purpose-built for additive manufacturing has opened at the Bristol base of the British aerospace and defence company Rolls-Royce. The Additive Manufacturing Development Cell was inaugurated by Luke Pollard MP, Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, with Claire Hazelgrove MP also in attendance. Backed by UK Ministry of Defence funding, the cell is…
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• Apollo’s New $4M Supercar Gets a 3D-Printed Titanium Exhaust That Takes 123 Hours to Print May 4
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• Across several universities in the U.S., more programs are adding hands-on learning into how they teach, often using tools like 3D printing. Instead of relying only on lectures and theory,...
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• In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start off with a multi-laser metal powder bed fusion 3D printer and post-processing news. We’ll end with research into soft robotics and...
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• Try yakisugi — an ancient Japanese technique to stain and protect wood with fire. The post Torch It! All About Yakisugi Charred Timber Finish appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• This little yakisugi sakura (cherry blossom) sconce is built for LED tea lights. It can also be built as a table light. The post Make a Yakisugi Sakura Sconce appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• Make an elegant yakisugi display stand from a single plank of cedar. The post Make a Yakisugi Display Stand appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• This octagonal Japanese knife handle is a beautiful upgrade to an old or new blade. The post Build a Wa-Style Knife Handle appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• Drones have changed everything. Case in point: with the aim of preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, the US and Israel initiate airstrikes on the Gulf nation. A couple...
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• When we previously looked at the Additive Chicken Coop, we saw how selling devices to labs shaped a lot of our industry. Here, we explore other key factors that have...
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• Applications are where it’s at in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry. At the recent RAPID+TCT in Boston, I met with a few companies to learn about some of their very...
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• Harvard’s 3D-Printed Filaments Mimic Muscle, Bending and Twisting on Command April 30
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• Last year, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a ban on certain components sourced from foreign suppliers, including Chinese firms, used in unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Meanwhile, the FY...
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• A new factory in North Lincolnshire will use robots to 3D print concrete parts for construction when it opens next June. The facility will focus on producing components like foundations...
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• In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start with Makelab’s new website, and move on to commercialization of support-free metal 3D printing in South Korea. We’ll end with drug delivery...
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• Belgian firm Amnovis is a scalable partner for orthopedic innovations. From design to production and regulatory, you can rely on them to take your innovation to market. Coupled with deep...
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• Researchers from Politecnico di Torino and Maastricht University have developed a bioinspired scaffold design approach using a custom Voronoi path generator for extrusion-based 3D printing. Published in Biomaterials Science, the study introduces a Python-based software tool that enables the fabrication of irregular, biomimetic structures through melt electrowriting (MEW) and fused deposition modelling (FDM). The goal…
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• 6K Energy, a U.S. producer of advanced battery materials, and CRG Defense, a U.S. manufacturer of advanced aerospace and defense systems, have announced a seven-year collaboration intended to support a domestic battery supply chain for mission-critical defense applications. The agreement establishes a basis for long-term cooperation and domestic sourcing of high-performance cathode active materials to…
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• SUMMSEED, a new European project funded by the Research Fund for Coal and Steel, has launched to develop medium manganese steels for mining and heavy industry using industrial casting and laser-wire directed energy deposition. Coordinated by the Technical University of Catalonia · BarcelonaTech, a public university in Spain, the project brings together partners across the…
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• Amnovis, the Belgian metal additive manufacturing contract manufacturer focused on regulated industries, is entering the United States market, establishing a new production site in North Webster, Indiana, and acquiring the additive manufacturing activities of Westconn Precision Technologies. A Mirror Site Built for Regulated Manufacturing The new Indiana facility is being built as an operational twin…
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