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• Track aircraft with a low-cost, open source, embedded ADS-B receiver that you can build into anything. The post Track Aircraft With ADSBee, an Open Source ADS-B Receiver appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• The US CIA director recently made an unannounced visit to Moscow that has naturally raised much speculation, while the EU and NATO have now officially accused Russia of being behind...
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• Mastrex has launched a line of six metal LPBF printers starting at $39,000. Recently, the firm partnered with Continuum Powders to validate its metal powders on Mastrex machines. But the...
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• Ukraine was saved by Turkish-made Baykar Bayraktar drones and many brave soldiers in the first stages of the conflict. Then hobbyists and their DJI Mavics showed how drones could be spotters...
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• A 3D printing technology that Nano Dimension sold just five months ago is now being installed inside one of Israel’s largest defense companies. QTREX Quantum (Nasdaq: QTEX) bought Nano Dimension’s...
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• Turning an idea into a usable 3D model can still require considerable time, modelling knowledge and specialist software. Generative AI has introduced a different route, allowing users to describe or show what they want and receive a 3D asset in minutes. The quality of those results, however, depends on how well the generated geometry can…
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• Chicago-based 3D printing quality assurance software developer Phase3D and U.S.-based supplier of manufacturing technology and services Phillips Federal have entered a partnership naming Phillips Federal as Phase3D’s exclusive Channel Partner for the North American defense market. The agreement gives U.S. defense organizations a direct route to purchase and deploy Phase3D’s in-situ manufacturing inspection systems through…
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• University of Southern California (USC) researchers have developed flexible, 3D printed MRI sensors that can be custom-made for individual infants and children in under 10 minutes for about $30, producing roughly four times the image contrast of standard commercial coils in testing. Solving a Fit Problem for Small Patients MRI machines rely on coils that…
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• Autonomous defense technology company Quantum Cyber has completed the purchase and physical installation of all 80 units of its 3D printing drone production farm at its roughly 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The printing farm is designed to serve as Quantum Cyber’s primary autonomous drone manufacturing line at Bridgeport, producing structural airframe components, enclosures,…
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• Pip the Rabbit has a glowing belly and ears that wiggle when you press his paw. Inchy the Caterpillar crawls when you clap. Plate the Armadillo can curl himself into...
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• Coming away from Formnext Asia Shenzhen 2026, my biggest takeaway wasn’t “how many new printers were unveiled”; after all, quite a few established traditional 3D printing brands didn’t show up....
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• Netherlands-based independent 3D printing resin manufacturer Liqcreate has introduced Liqcreate Tray, a CE Class 1 certified biocompatible resin designed for 3D printing custom dental impression trays. The material was developed in collaboration with dental laboratories and clinical partners and is formulated to work across a broad range of open-platform resin printers. “We heard consistently from…
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• Hike Medical, a San Francisco-based medical device company combining clinical software with in-house manufacturing, has raised $22.5 million in seed and Series A funding to expand its vertically integrated orthotics and durable medical equipment platform. The round was led by Max Altman at Saga Ventures, with participation from Indicator Ventures, Fifth Down Capital, RiverPark Ventures…
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• Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Waterloo have used a $350 3D printer to manufacture battery electrodes with precisely engineered internal geometries. One shape in particular, a diamond lattice, achieved more than twice the mass-transfer performance of a simple grid while also producing much lower hydraulic resistance. The preprint targets redox…
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• September is always a busy month for Maker Faire and this year five first time events, scattered around the world, are joining the scene. Its always exciting to see a maker community coalesce and expand when a Maker Faire comes to town. Across the 20 years that we’ve been holding Maker Faire Bay Area, we […] The post Ready, Set, Make: 5 Inaugural September Maker Faires appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• We’re starting with standards in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as ASTM has re-launched its Advanced Manufacturing Division as the Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Division. Then we’ll move...
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• 3DCP Group, a construction business combining engineering, architecture, and building services, has completed 36 3D printed student apartments in Holstebro, Denmark, with the first residents now moving in. Named Skovsporet, or “The Forest Trail,” the 1,650 m² development sits next to VIA University College and was built for NordVestBO, a public housing association managing approximately…
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• For manufacturers trying to win more space and defense work, adding 3D printers is only part of the challenge. They also need to make the same parts to the same...
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• Nothing else in the global economy quite compares to Taiwan’s share of the global semiconductor market. There are other cases of geographic concentration, involving critical materials and components, where certain...
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• HeyGears G1X Series, the world’s first desktop full-color 3D & UV printer, has now surpassed $15 million on Kickstarter, backed by a growing global community of creators, makers, artists, and...
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• INSTAGRAM I WEBSITE I FACEBOOK No Push, No Life “If there’s a button, you want to push it.” This is the premise of the OSEBA exhibit at the 2026 edition of Maker Faire Tokyo, a pop-up activation of the full scale button exhibition in created by the Shimada Corporation participants will be able to push […] The post Push A Button And More At Maker Faire Tokyo 2026 appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• As the Burning Man Project noted earlier this year, “Burning Man and the global maker movement are inextricably intertwined. Both welcome beginners and experts alike, while fostering a communal, hands-on approach to building tangible objects that become works of art, helpful structures, and engineered wonders.” READ MORE It is safe to say that Burning Man […] The post A City Of Makers In The Black Rock Desert appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• Large prints have a risk of warping, by which we mean corners can lift off the print bed as the object sort of curls inward on itself. It’s not always …read more
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• Dutch firm 3devo is a pioneer in desktop filament makers. Where other players make tools for makers, 3devo is the filament maker that your filament company, polymer company, or local...
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• In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with a partnership regarding additive manufacturing quality software. Then we’ll move on to a defense acquisition and a trade secrets misappropriation case....
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• Denmark’s 3DCP Group has built 36 3D printed student apartments as part of its Skovsporet project in Holstebro. Designed by SAGA Space Architects and MS+, the project is a single-story,...
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• U.S.-based 3D printer manufacturer 3D Systems has entered a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) to advance additive manufacturing for nuclear energy, broader energy infrastructure, and national security applications. The agreement centers on SRNL’s Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative (AMC), the only national laboratory-operated facility in South Carolina located on a…
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• The University of Maine has launched 3Dirigo X, a 30-foot, 3D printed vessel engineered to reach speeds near 40 knots and withstand offshore conditions, marking an advance for large-scale 3D printing from demonstration technology toward a practical manufacturing tool for commercial and defense shipbuilding. The boat was designed and built at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and…
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• Developer of composite 3D printing technologies Continuous Composites (CCI) has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with the U.S. Navy to advance its Continuous Fiber 3D Printing (CF3D) technology toward 3D printing UAV structures with electrical conductors embedded directly inside the composite material. The program’s goal is load-bearing UAV components…
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• Researchers at RMIT University have created the first buoyant metal-polymer open-cell hybrid lattice metamaterial that floats in water, addressing a fundamental incompatibility between porous metal architectures and buoyancy. Published in Advanced Materials, the study introduces a hybrid architecture that combines 3D printed titanium lattices with injected polyurethane foam to achieve skeletal densities below 1.0 g/cm³.…
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• Wall Colmonoy Oklahoma City, a manufacturer and repair provider for military and commercial aerospace components, has secured a multi-year, multi-million-dollar contract from the United States Air Force (USAF). The award covers remanufacturing primary and secondary heat exchangers used in the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Included components are P/N 764967-7, identified by National Stock Number 1660-01-331-0068, and…
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• Over the time Hackaday has been in existence, the art of 3D printing has evolved from a relatively crude hit-and-miss affair to something approaching what we all imagined back then. …read more
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• Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) are deals between US federal organizations and other entities. The latter group most often includes private companies, as the primary purpose of CRADAs is...
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• In a previous example, we looked at Cathy’s 3D printed braces business. She dropped $350,000 on machines and equipment, and the tiniest tiny difference in packing density collapsed her business....
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• Prusa Research has implemented a major update to PrusaSlicer. The 3.0 version is not some tweak; it’s a big rewrite. From the get-go, the Alpha version I tested was light-years...
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• AML3D’s (ASX: AL3) growing U.S. defense business helped push revenue to a record for the financial year that ran from July 2025 through June 2026. The Australian metal 3D printing...
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• A typical response to the previous article on why PLA filament is so darn brittle. This has led some people to not use PLA filament at all, while others promote …read more
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• Disrupt yourself or someone else will do it for you: this is the lesson that the US military has been conveying to its suppliers all year. The advanced manufacturing demonstrations...
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• At last year’s Additive Manufacturing Strategies (AMS), we spent an entire morning of a three-day show on DED, and specifically pressure vessels. To many, pressure vessels are a rather obscure...
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• Money continued to move into 3D printing in the second half of August. Hike Medical raised $22.5 million as it grows its 3D printed custom medical device business. Swiss additive...
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• The second half of August produced financing milestones, facility openings, and qualification results across Asia-Pacific additive manufacturing. Rongsu Technology closed a CNY 100 million Series A+ and launched a consumer...
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• IperionX is going to get another $11.5 million, potentially up to $25.4 million, of an existing SBIR Phase III with the Army (Task Order W911QX26FA097). The award covers low-cost titanium...
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• Moisture remains one of the leading causes of failed FDM prints, wasted filament, and nozzle clogs, yet the standard remedies haven’t moved much in years. Heated dryer boxes work but demand a constant cycle of drying, printing, and resealing that breaks down at any real volume, and they risk deforming temperature-sensitive materials over extended use. …
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• Researchers at Washington State University and the University of Minnesota have developed an AI-guided experimental design method that identified feasible Directed Energy Deposition (DED) parameters for GRCop-42 at laser powers as low as 500 W. Called Bayesian Experimental design for Additive Manufacturing (BEAM), the method uses previous print results to select promising parameter combinations for…
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• Sure, ChompSaw — the kid-safe, desktop power tool for cutting cardboard — looks amazing in ads. But can it work for papercrafting adults? The post Review: ChompSaw Cardboard Cutter for Kids appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• In a niche corner of the internet where creators still surprise audiences with real animatronics rather than CGI, Jesse Velez reveals the process behind the most impressive sci-fi props. The post From Copper Foil to Custom PCB: Building a DIY Touch Piano with Sridhar Rajagopal appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• Ruben Wauthle studied at Leuven University at a very serendipitous time. Through working with pioneering additive professors and surgeons, he entered into a specialty that was emerging. He joined pioneering...
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• According to the Pentagon, “We will not defeat our adversaries with compliance checklists; we will defeat them by rapidly fielding superior capabilities produced by an expanded, resilient American industrial base.”...
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• 6K Additive (ASX: 6KA) grew rapidly in the first half of 2026 as demand for its metal powders increased, particularly from aerospace and defense customers. The newly public company also...
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• Despite its industrial might and precision engineering excellence, Japan has been rather aloof to 3D printing over the past decades. Despite an early start by companies such as Teijin Seiki...
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• I’ve seen 3D printed guitars before; my favorite is Olaf Diegel’s Xenomorph guitar. I’ve even seen a 3D printed ukulele and some 3D printed violins. This is the first time...
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• In Hall 15 at Formnext Asia Shenzhen 2026, consumer 3D printing was everywhere, from toys, figurines, and character models to thousand-machine production farms. Green-laser companies displayed copper cold plates for...
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• Italian rider Francesco Furlani has completed over 4,500-kilometer journey from Italy to Nordkapp, Norway’s North Cape, driving a three-wheeled Piaggio Ape TM 703 fitted with a camper body built entirely through large-format 3D printing. The shell weighs around 70 kilograms, compared with roughly 200 kilograms for a comparable fiberglass structure, a 130-kilogram difference that determined…
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• Minneapolis-based company Chromatic 3D Materials has established a rocket propellant test-firing capability at Camp Ripley, a 53,000-acre Minnesota National Guard training facility near Little Falls, under a five-year lease agreement that took effect June 1. The company says the site gives it a closed-loop environment, a propellant print lab paired directly with on-site test-firing infrastructure,…
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• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) announced a new collaboration to expand the domestic supply chain for industrial pressure vessels using wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), a move aimed at accelerating the qualification of critical nuclear components as the U.S. races to scale up its nuclear energy portfolio. The partnership was…
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• The U.S. Navy released new technical requirements Aug. 11 designed to rapidly scale metallic 3D printing across the submarine enterprise, stripping away administrative and engineering hurdles that have slowed the use of additive manufacturing (AM) in submarine construction, maintenance and repair. A New Pathway to Replace Legacy Parts The newly approved Project Peculiar Document (PPD)…
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• Oak Ridge National Laboratory and A.J. Tuck Company have developed a hybrid manufacturing process, combining 3D printing, electroforming and hot isostatic pressing, that produces leak-free containers used to build critical components for advanced nuclear reactors, cutting a step out of a supply chain that has long depended on forging capacity concentrated outside the United States.…
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• In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, America Makes announced the winner of its GOTHAAM Project Call. Then it’s all about healthcare 3D printing news, with Stratasys and Limbitless Solutions...
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• Hugging Face and Pollen Robotics have launched Microduck, an adorable $400 open source, trainable robot. The post Microducks Exude Macro Charm appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• INSTAGRAM I FACEBOOK I LINKED IN I YOU TUBE I WEBSITE Whitehorse, the capital of the Yukon Territory and traditional home to Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council, gained notoriety (and its European name) in the infamous Klondike Gold Rush. Fast forward one hundred years and the city has grown and diversified, […] The post Maker Faire North Of 60: Making In The Yukon appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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