ETH Zurich Uses Bacteria To Cement 3D Printed Sand Structures
With bacteria, less infill can make a stronger 3D printed part.
Meltio And HORKOS Compress Manufacturing Into One Hybrid Machine
3D printers are starting to fold into machine tools.
Seurat Patent Proposes A Faster Light Valve For Metal Printing
Seurat is patenting a very unusual method of speeding up metal 3D printing.
From Rockets to Missile Defense: Madison’s 3D Printing Boom
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi investigate how Madison’s proximity to Huntsville, Redstone Arsenal and Marshall Space Flight Center is helping turn 3D printing into a production technology for America’s aerospace…
3D Printed Valves Get Directional Tuning
A new study suggests that the toolpath in an FFF printed heart valve may be almost as important as the material.
Formlabs Continues to Test 3D Printer Resins
Formlabs is offering to test the safety of any 3D printer resin.
Signify Patent Puts Pellet Material Inside A Filament Skin
Signify describes a single-nozzle FFF extruder that surrounds pellet-fed material with a different filament, potentially combining low-cost bulk deposition with a controlled outer surface.
Formlabs Patent Moves SLS Powder With Flexible Screws
Formlabs has filed a patent for a new way to push powder around inside SLS 3D printers.
AI-Enabled Bills of Materials Could Help Build America’s Humanoid Robot Supply Chain
By Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi take readers inside the way an AI-powered bills of materials could help U.S. manufacturers close the humanoid robot production gap and build a stronger…
Ultrasound Maps Hidden Stiffness in Wood PLA Prints
A new ultrasonic test method reveals how strongly infill geometry controls the stiffness of FFF printed wood PLA parts.
Sponsor News
Slant 3D’s Oil Stick Lubrication Tool Makes 3D Printer Maintenance Easy
Slant 3D’s new Oil Stick is a simple tool every 3D printer operator should use.
Investigating Creality’s Black Friday Deals
It’s that time of year again, and there are quite a few Black Friday sales on for desktop 3D printers.
Vision Miner 22 IDEX V4 Delivers Inexpensive PEEK-Class 3D Printing
Vision Miner officially introduced the 22 IDEX V4, the newest iteration of its independent dual-extrusion 3D printer.
Integrated Design-to-Production Services Simplify Part Manufacturing
Making a production part is vastly different than making one for one-off use.
PCBWAY to Launch September Promotion with 36% Discount on TPU 3D Printing
It looks like PCBWAY has found itself with a trainload of TPU material.
Creality’s SpacePi X4: Advanced Four-Spool, Two-Chamber Filament Dryer
Creality introduced what could be the best filament drying solution on the market: the SpacePi X4.
Creality and AMISS Partner to Bring 3D Printing Innovation to Fashion Industry
Creality seems to have developed an entirely new application for 3D printing, this time in the fashion industry.
A Closer Look at PCBWay’s Online 3D Printing Workflow
I took a tour through PCBWay’s online quoting service for 3D prints.
PCBWay Enhances Designer Workflow with New Open-Source Software Integrations
There are some interesting developments at PCBWay.
Research
ETH Zurich Uses Bacteria To Cement 3D Printed Sand Structures
With bacteria, less infill can make a stronger 3D printed part.
3D Printed Valves Get Directional Tuning
A new study suggests that the toolpath in an FFF printed heart valve may be almost as important as the material.
Ultrasound Maps Hidden Stiffness in Wood PLA Prints
A new ultrasonic test method reveals how strongly infill geometry controls the stiffness of FFF printed wood PLA parts.
3D Printed Wax Foam Makes Recyclable Molds for Complex Concrete
Imagine making a concrete mold, using it once, then melting it down and 3D printing another one.
Corporate
Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing, October 25, 2026
Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week.
Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing, October 18, 2026
Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week.
Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing, October 11, 2026
Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week.
Is Bambu Lab Testing Multiple Retail Formats for Global Expansion?
Bambu Lab is one of the biggest producers of desktop 3D printers on the planet, but did you know they have a number of retail locations?
Bambu Lab Wins Patent Review After Stratasys Jury Victory
There’s been another development in the ongoing patent dispute between Stratasys and Bambu Lab.
Ideas
When Design Becomes Free, Part 2: What Happens to 3D Printing?
In Part 1, we explored the possibility that AI technology could eventually make 3D design effectively free.
When Design Becomes Free, Part 1: The Next Great Technology Revolution
Something rather interesting may be happening in the world of 3D design, and it reminds me of what happened 25 years ago.
Snopes Has Investigated 3D Printing Claims for More Than a Decade
I noticed that there was a new entry in Snopes talking about 3D printing.
Thermal Resistance of 3D Printed Parts Goes Both Ways
Thermal resistance is often spoken of for 3D print materials, but I ran into an unusual scenario involving temperature.
Services
A New Way to 3D Print the Surface of Other Worlds
I ran across a very interesting 3D model service, OrbitStudio.
Meshy Edit Lets Users Regenerate Selected Parts of AI 3D Models
Meshy announced something quite interesting: an editing feature.
Slant3D Launches SlantTools, a Library of Instant 3D Model Generators
Slant3D launched something interesting: SlantTools.
OwlCAD Brings Built-In AI and MCP Connectivity to Cloud CAD
A new CAD option has appeared, and it’s all focused around AI capabilities.
Usage
From Rockets to Missile Defense: Madison’s 3D Printing Boom
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi investigate how Madison’s proximity to Huntsville, Redstone Arsenal and Marshall Space Flight Center is helping turn 3D printing into a production technology for America’s aerospace…
AI-Enabled Bills of Materials Could Help Build America’s Humanoid Robot Supply Chain
By Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi take readers inside the way an AI-powered bills of materials could help U.S. manufacturers close the humanoid robot production gap and build a stronger…
Growing Robots vs. FiloBot: Comparing Advantages
Charles G. Goulding explains why the future of robotics may not roll or crawl, but grow, comparing two groundbreaking technologies poised to reshape industrial applications.
Medtronic’s TIME Award Puts Sinus Surgery Equipment in the Spotlight
Charles G. Goulding looks beyond Medtronic’s award-winning innovation to explore how 3D printed sinus models, smarter instruments, and equipment partnerships are shaping the future of ENT surgery.