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• The 3D-printed KeyboaStick joystick by FunOrNothing instantly makes a boring keyboard fun, and a fun keyboard awesome. The post DLC Joystick for Your Keyboard appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• Gridfinity, of course, is a 3D printed configurable base plate system. Print the right-sized base plate, then print boxes or scissor holders that click onto it to organize your kitchen,...
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• I recently wrote about how the South Korean additive manufacturing (AM) firm Lincsolution is building an aerospace and defense hub, part of the company’s construction of “the largest AM facility in...
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• In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with defense news, first from Massivit and then from AML3D. Then we’ll move on to U.S. manufacturing of a new large-format LPBF...
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• Zetamix’s metal 3D printing solution is to be used aboard the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. The $3 billion carrier, built in 2002, has a complement of 1350 and...
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• Hear from the experts shaping additive manufacturing software. Join 3D Printing Industry on 22 October for AMA: Software 2026, featuring exclusive presentations, panels and live Q&A! Engineers at the University of Glasgow and the University of Sydney have made 3D printed metamaterials that can show where they are being damaged and follow that damage as…
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• Hear from the experts shaping additive manufacturing software. Join 3D Printing Industry on 22 October for AMA: Software 2026, featuring exclusive presentations, panels and live Q&A! Singapore propeller maker Mencast Marine has secured certification from Lloyd’s Register and the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for what the two classification societies recognize as the world’s first…
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• AM Research New market research: AM Research is building its new Additive Manufacturing Services Market 2.0 model. View the report and preorder here → In case you haven’t heard, at...
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• Carbon has successfully defended a key European patent covering its dual-cure 3D printing technology after a multi-year challenge from a competitor. The California-based additive manufacturing company announced on September 28...
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• The nature of the AI boom seems no clearer despite its persistence, yet it persists. For one thing, as I’ve discussed before, people really seem to dislike data centers. American...
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• For years, simply proving that a rail part could be 3D printed was a big step. Now, that is becoming the easy part. Rail companies want to know whether those...
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• From making millions of value-engineered Prusa clones, Creality really has aggressively pivoted to more complex machines. The company has made strides forward in software, and the Ender’s of yore is...
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• A Board of Appeal at the European Patent Office (EPO) has maintained Carbon’s European Patent No. 3158400 in amended form, closing a proceeding that ran through two levels of EPO review over roughly three and a half years. Titled “Methods of Producing Three-Dimensional Objects from Materials Having Multiple Mechanisms of Hardening,” the patent covers a…
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• US-based 3D printer manufacturer 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) posted $94.6 million in second-quarter (Q2) 2026 revenue, down 0.3% Y/Y from $94.8 million a year earlier. The operating loss narrowed to $10.6 million from $15.4 million in the prior-year period, with lower operating expenses, supported by more than $60 million in annualized cost savings, contributing to…
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• MX3D, an Amsterdam-based company that builds robotic metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems, has received a Certificate of Qualification from DNV at the Additive Manufacturing Criticality 3 (AMC3) level for its wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) facility. The certificate was issued under the DNV-ST-B203 standard and applies to metal parts used in maritime, defense, and energy…
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• The additive manufacturing market may be growing again, but one of the more interesting numbers behind that recovery has little to do with selling 3D printers. AM services generated nearly...
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• California’s 3D printer firearm-blocking bill is now law. But the version signed by Governor Gavin Newsom is quite different from the bill introduced earlier this year. Newsom signed Assembly Bill...
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• Oklahoma State University (OSU) and Mississippi State University are building a 3D printer that deposits continuous fiber and polymer in the same part while using machine learning to check part quality as it prints. The National Science Foundation is funding the work through its Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program under the title “MRI: Track 1…
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• Italian printer manufacturer Kentstrapper has 3D printed an acoustic panel that achieved Class A sound absorption in standardized testing. The manufacturer produced it for REVERSING, a University of Florence research project developing retrofit facades for schools and offices. Tested in a reverberation chamber according to ISO 354, the panel reached a weighted sound absorption coefficient…
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• 3D printer OEM Stratasys (Nasdaq: SSYS) announced its financial results for the second quarter (Q2) of 2026. Revenue for the quarter was $137.6 million, down 0.3% Y/Y from $138.1 million and up 3.7% Q/Q from $132.7 million in the previous quarter. Higher Services revenue, driven primarily by on-demand parts production, largely offset the decline in…
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• Addireen, a Shenzhen-based developer of metal additive manufacturing (metal AM) systems, has started operations at a new facility in Zhanggong District, Ganzhou, China. With capacity to produce up to 50 metal AM systems per month, the site supports a wider rollout of the company’s green laser equipment for pure copper, copper alloys, and thermal management…
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• Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Johns Hopkins University have developed a handheld tool built around a 3D printed microfluidic device. It collects living cells from selected spots on freshly excised tissue and leaves the rest of the tissue available for pathology. The team says the method could support earlier detection of…
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• The problem with US manufacturing is the productivity growth rate. Depending on the source, US manufacturing productivity has either been flat or slightly declined since 2010. Before going any further...
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• A 3D printed part can generate a lot of information. The challenge is keeping track of it. Manufacturers need to know which design was used, what material went into the...
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• I just posted about how the FCC’s looming ban on new imports of robot systems is combining with surging robotics demand to create a big opportunity for the additive manufacturing (AM)...
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• Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series by Xu Fanglei examining the technology and patent issues behind the Stratasys-Bambu Lab dispute. Part 1 looks at the U.S....
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• The first decades of PBF development were heavily shaped by machine capability: more power, more lasers, larger build volumes, better recoating, and improved process monitoring. These developments will continue, but...
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• San Francisco-based Flux, which develops AI software for printed circuit board (PCB) design, has introduced a feature that produces 3D printable enclosures directly from a user’s board layout. Users describe the housing they need in the Flux chat window, and the software builds a case sized to the board’s actual geometry, which can then be…
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• Nike has revealed the third footwear design from its Air Works program, a 3D printed Air Max silhouette by Beijing designer Marc Su. Su developed the shoe with Nike mentors and 3D printed footwear manufacturer Zellerfeld. Su belongs to the first cohort of Air Works participants. Last spring, Nike brought this group of designers from…
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• Belgian technology company Materialise has raised its full-year profit outlook after posting second-quarter 2026 revenue above EUR 70 million, with growth in medical devices and a rebound in aerospace and defense manufacturing more than offsetting a softer software business. The company, listed on Euronext and NASDAQ under MTLS, now expects Adjusted EBIT of 12,000 to…
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• Lithuania-based 3D printing resin manufacturer AmeraLabs has expanded its dental materials portfolio with three new CE Class I-marked resins for common dental laboratory workflows. The new materials include CIT-25 for custom impression trays, SGR-28 for surgical guides and TRY-23 for dental try-in applications. AmeraLabs has developed each formulation around the mechanical, processing and handling requirements…
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• SnowX, a company based in Suzhou in China’s Jiangsu province, is developing the SnowPod, a compact metal additive manufacturing (metal AM) system that uses laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). The company has published a Kickstarter pre-launch page ahead of a crowdfunding campaign scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2026, and users can currently sign up…
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• At London Fashion Week, some of the more unusual pieces on the runway came from 3D printers. Chinese fashion designer SUSAN FANG presented her Spring/Summer 2027 Air-Illusion collection at the...
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• Lagos-based Arridex has purchased and installed a CEAD Flexcube LFAM system at its Omnifactory. Previously, oil and gas MRO firm Arridex expanded its network to Ghana, worked with BLT, got...
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• Hi3D, the browser-based AI model generation platform built on its proprietary Sparc3D engine, has launched Hi3D Agent, an AI agent for 3D creation that combines large language model reasoning with the company’s own 3D generation model. The tool is designed to take users from a first generated model through to practical applications, including preparing files…
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• City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) and the University of Cambridge have established the Centre for Advanced and Smart Manufacturing (CASM), a Hong Kong research centre that uses additive manufacturing as its core technology platform. CASM will apply 3D printing to four application areas: data centre cooling, next-generation refrigeration, lightweight new energy vehicles and materials…
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• Chinese 3D printing developer Addireen has released the XH-M350G-2HR, the third generation of its green-laser metal additive manufacturing system, aimed at moving pure-copper printing from prototyping into stable series production. The machine targets three production problems: build efficiency, stability during long runs, and part consistency across a fully loaded build plate. The 350 × 350…
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• HeelBase has started taking pre-orders for DRIVE, a 3D printed insole developed for pickleball, which the company describes as the world’s first 3D printed insole designed specifically for the sport. DRIVE is priced at US$59 per pair during the pre-order period, down from a listed regular price of US$99. The product is an example of…
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• Nike unveiled a one-of-one speed suit for middle-distance runner Keely Hodgkinson on September 18, 2026, built for her signature 800-meter event, and the design’s core aerodynamic feature is 3D printed: color-shifting, delta-shaped vortex generators positioned across the suit to reduce drag where it matters most on her body. Nike describes them as the fastest vortex…
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• PCB circuits are cool, but you know what is cooler? Terminator circuits that’s what! And what if the same material that makes Terminator circuits could also be used for smart …read more
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• In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start with an integration between PanOptimization and AMCM, before moving on to healthcare news from KLS Martin and Lithoz, and then UltiMaker...
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• Friday at Maker Faire Bay Area was full of joy, mayhem, and delightful inventions that entertained visitors. The post Joy And Mayhem at Maker Faire Bay Area appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• For years, simply being a 3D printing company could attract attention from investors. New machines, new materials, faster speeds, and the promise of mass production were often enough to get...
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• Last week’s International Manufacturing Technology Snow (IMTS) in Chicago welcomed over 90,000 attendees to the jungle that is McCormick Place. With over 1.17 million square feet of exhibit space, and...
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• IperionX has validated GenX, a continuous version of its patented HAMR titanium powder process. Every spherical powder sample it produced met the Grade 23 oxygen specification, the extra-low-interstitial grade widely used to print medical and aerospace parts. Spherical titanium powder is the standard feedstock for powder bed fusion and other metal additive manufacturing processes, and…
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• Radian Forge, a Virginia-based maker of large metal components using wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), has closed a $2.5 million Series Seed Preferred round. Veteran Ventures Capital (VVC) led the round through its Fund II, announced on September 15, 2026. The Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC) and Radian Forge’s existing investors also took part. The…
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• When I first travelled to Formnext Shenzhen in 2023 I saw a familiar pattern, the show tells you what China’s additive-manufacturing industry wants to sell. Go outside the show and you can start finding out what is actually being made. At Huafast’s Shenzhen operation, 5,600 Bambu Lab machines form part of a 15,000-printer production network.…
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• Twenty-three 3D printed artificial reefs now sit on the Atlantic seabed at depths of up to 1,100 metres, placed there by a Franco-Irish research team testing whether additive manufacturing can speed the recovery of cold-water coral habitats damaged by bottom trawling. The structures were deployed in August from L’Atalante, a research vessel of the French…
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• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Boeing have produced a steel Stamp Form Die (SFD) mold using wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM). The tool stands 6 feet tall, measures 4 feet wide, weighs close to 2 tons, and took eight weeks to print. Boeing will use it in its work for NASA‘s Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing…
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• The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently banned the sale in the US of “almost all” new mobile robots sourced from foreign countries. IEEE Spectrum (the link in the first sentence)...
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• Medical additive manufacturing is expanding rapidly inside major healthcare institutions. In 2026 alone, hospital systems including Indiana University Health and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals launched dedicated point-of-care 3D printing facilities to...
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• Mexico is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the push to diversify manufacturing out of China. This development is perhaps inevitable given the current global trade environment, but even with...
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• Technology develops in response to forces driving change. That was the starting point for a keynote I presented with Mikael Schuisky at AM Meetup 2026, held in Karlstad, Sweden, on...
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• The Sunlu i10 is a filament dryer that I’ve been testing for the last few months. It’s a practical, easy-to-use cabinet that keeps your filament in tip-top shape. Sunlu gave...
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• Australian metal additive manufacturing (AM) company AML3D has joined a three-year research and development (R&D) project that aims to qualify its Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAM) process for aerospace tooling production. The company is one of several industry and research participants, a group that includes a global aerospace prime whose name has not been disclosed. Together,…
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• Sheffield-based Instruct3D has commercially launched Additive Build Intelligence, a combined software and sensor system for metal additive manufacturing (AM). The system is designed to help users predict where build issues may occur, review what happened during each print, and produce evidence that supports part verification. It draws on more than two decades of AM research…
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• Earlier this week, Creality opened a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for the SPARKX i8, a multi-color 3D printer that feeds four filaments through a single toolhead. The campaign went live on Monday, September 21, 2026. The early-bird price is $309, 23% below the $399 manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) that applies once the campaign ends.…
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• Formnext expects around 800 exhibitors in Frankfurt this November, with China now by far the largest foreign exhibitor group. Organisers say domestic competition, industrial policy and geopolitical barriers are pushing Chinese additive manufacturing companies towards Europe, while the show itself expands into defence and a more application-led format. China’s rapidly expanding additive manufacturing industry is…
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• Site preparation is advancing at Bambu Lab’s planned 3D printing manufacturing headquarters in Shenzhen, where the company intends to create production capacity for more than three million 3D printers per year. Bambu Lab’s enormous new manufacturing base in Shenzhen is beginning to move from an industrial land deal toward a physical construction project. A notice…
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• Maker Faire is at its best when you’re not just looking—you’re making. This weekend on Mare Island, you can solder a wearable EMF explorer, turn an old T-shirt into a braided keychain, build your own sock puppet, code a competition-ready robot, assemble a mobility device that will make a real difference, or even bring an AI-powered […] The post Get Hands On: Maker Faire Bay Area Is For Making appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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