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• This Halloween, build a spring snake scare box and your trick-or-treaters with a spring-loaded surprise! The post Surprise Visitors With a Trick & Treat Scare Box appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• “We want visitors to see the range of creativity in our community and leave with anidea they are interested in exploring, whether that involves art, technology orsomething they can build at home. Maker Faire gives people a chance to meet the person behind a project, ask questions and try something themselves.” Maker Faire Louisville 2026 […] The post Building Community Through Making In Louisville appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with medical news, as Myrava has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its 3D printed bolus. Moving on to aerospace and metals, AML3D...
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• At China’s inaugural National Advanced Manufacturing Conference (NAMC) that was held last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping asserted that China aims to use advanced manufacturing to “enhance the autonomy and...
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• Bambu Lab is moving into 3D scanning. The company has teased its upcoming Bambu Lab S1, its first 3D scanner, marking another step in its expansion beyond desktop 3D printers....
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• Investors couldn’t stop throwing money at the drone market in 2025, with total investments in the industry setting a record, coming in at just under $4 billion. If anything, though,...
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• AM Investment Strategies 2026 Nov. 5 · 12 p.m. ET · Free online event RESERVE YOUR SPOT ↗ A one-hour online discussion featuring some of the biggest names in 3D...
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• Discover exclusive software insights, including from NVIDIA, at AMA: Software 2026, on October 22. Register for free! Technology company NVIDIA has released USD BRep, an open-source geometric modeling library built around its SMLib solid modeling kernel. Published under the Apache 2.0 license, the software provides developers with access to NURBS-based boundary representation (BRep) modeling capabilities,…
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• Where is AI unlocking advantages? Explore what is possible at AMA: Software 2026. Nothing has introduced the first portable speakers from its CMF brand, the CMF Speaker S and the larger CMF Speaker M. Both models have removable front panels and volume knobs, and the company has published a guide on its community site for…
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• Discover exclusive software insights at AMA: Software 2026, on October 22. Register for free! German additive manufacturing software developer amsight is heading DIQAM (Digital Qualification Framework for Additively Manufactured Space Components), a new European Space Agency (ESA) project aimed at speeding up how 3D printed parts for launchers and spacecraft are qualified. The initiative was…
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• 3D Printing Industry’s AMA: Software 2026 takes place online on 22 October, with 24 speakers across a full day of presentations and two panels. Registration is free. Additive manufacturing hardware gets most of the attention, but whether a part is printed right first time, and again on the thousandth build, increasingly depends on software. AMA:…
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• Where is AI unlocking advantages? Explore what is possible at AMA: Software 2026. Snapmaker, a 3D printing hardware manufacturer, and Phaetus, a developer of extrusion components for 3D printers, have released the Snapmaker × Phaetus Liber High Flow Hotend for the Snapmaker U1. Liber technology is based on E3D’s FlowCore technology platform. Jiangsu Runice 3D…
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• Maker Faire Rome – The European Edition: 23–25 October 2026Gazometro Ostiense, RomeTickets are available exclusively online at makerfairerome.eu. Humanoid football, hands-on research, and more return to the Gazometro: The 14th edition runs from 23 to 25 October with 26 secondary schools, 27 universities and research centers, 145 projects and new programs spanning robotics, craft, books, food […] The post Maker Faire Rome 2026: 400+ Stories Of Innovation, Creativity and Discovery a
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• The Open Source Hardware Association added certifications for an educational physics device, a 3D printer air mover, a USB protection device, and more. The post Open Source Hardware Certifications for September 2026 appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• Diversifying manufacturing supply chains to locales outside of China has nothing to do with actually cultivating “substitutes” to the Chinese economy. The real stakes are these: China is an irreplaceable...
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• There’s been plenty of business activity in additive manufacturing (AM) lately, with new deals, partnerships and investments in production. One of the bigger moves comes from Sweden, where investment firm...
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• Automation is a very topical thing in additive manufacturing at the moment. With renewed scale, some clients are fervently looking to automate production. Other business cases only make sense with...
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• Mobility goes Additive (MGA) is an organization exploring collaborative implementation of additive manufacturing. Based in Berlin, MGA staffers work in defense, rail, and medicine while exploring urban transport, lifestyle, and...
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• I used to view ICON, the Austin-based additive construction (AC) firm, as one of a handful of companies that could realistically consider itself the leader of the 3D printed construction...
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• Discover exclusive software insights at AMA: Software 2026, on October 22. Register for free! A US Navy submarine crew has sent an underwater drone out of a flooded torpedo tube. A 3D printed watertight enclosure kept the vehicle linked to the boat throughout. Sailors from USS Pasadena (SSN 752), a Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine, ran…
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• What should you automate next? Get ideas at AMA: Software 2026. Vienna-based UpNano has introduced 3D Adaptive Resolution (3DAR), a technology that shapes the printing voxel along the X, Y and Z axes during two-photon polymerization (2PP) 3D printing, so that it follows the geometry being built. The first 3DAR-capable printers have been purchased by…
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• Where is AI unlocking advantages? Explore what is possible at AMA: Software 2026. America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have named the winners of the Maturation Initiative for Additive Metals Interchangeability (MIAMI) project call, which carries $12.4M in funding through the Warfighting Investments, Resourcing, and Execution office (OSW WIRE)…
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• Discover exclusive software insights at AMA: Software 2026, on October 22. Register for free! New York 3D printing service Makelab has moved into a 3,840-square-foot facility at MADE: Bush Terminal, a 140,000-square-foot industrial campus on Brooklyn’s Sunset Park waterfront. The company says the move gives it the logistics access, physical infrastructure and production capacity it…
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• Discover exclusive software insights at AMA: Software 2026, on October 22. Register for free! Brooklyn-based architect and computational designer Nicholas Desbiens has launched Fahz 2.0, a new version of his personalized 3D printed vase project, through a Kickstarter campaign running from October 7 to November 2, 2026. Developed under his practice, Desbiens Design Research, the…
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• UniFormation will launch its S10 desktop resin 3D printer on Kickstarter on October 22, 2026, with pledges starting at $999. The S10 integrates printing, washing, and drying, allowing a print...
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• Alexander Plotkowski is all about developing new alloys. At Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), he’s the Group Leader for Computational Coupled Physics within the Computational Sciences and Engineering Division. He’s...
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• The Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) model for establishing private-public partnerships has started to gain traction in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry over the last couple of years. In...
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• Oerlikon has installed a new ATLIX xBUILD 5000 metal 3D printer at its facility in Huntersville, North Carolina, marking the first production deployment of the system worldwide. The machine will...
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• Researchers at Sweden’s Umeå University have shown how desktop 3D printers can be used to make lab equipment, giving scientists a cheaper way to build tools for their research. The...
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• Austrian nanoscale 3D printing firm UpNano can make very precise 3D printers that can achieve accurate results at the sub-micron level. The company’s 2PP printers have helped it secure a...
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• We have a packed 3D Printing News Briefs for you this weekend! First, America Makes celebrated the recent National Manufacturing Day with 3D printed drones, and then it’s on to...
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• Where can AI actually help your print workflow? Find out at AMA: Software, online on October 22nd. Ukrainian developer Print&Live UA and iSCALE 3D have completed field and combat trials of 3D printed airless wheels for unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). The wheels are already being produced in small batches and delivered regularly to combat units.…
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• What should you automate next? Get ideas at AMA: Software 2026. Metal additive manufacturing (AM) powder producer 6K Additive has signed a final loan agreement with the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) for a secured financing facility of up to US$27.4 million. The funds will support expansion at the company’s headquarters in Burgettstown,…
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• What should you automate next? Get ideas at AMA: Software 2026. Fashion and 3D Printing, an exhibition of work by three designers who combine fashion and technology, opened on October 8 at the 3D Print Gallery in Haarlem, the Netherlands. The gallery occupies one of the cells of the Koepel, a former prison, and describes…
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• What should you automate next? Get ideas at AMA: Software 2026. Design studio Unfold has completed Freeze Frame 82.2, a WAAM 3D printed aluminum sculpture shaped like a theatre curtain caught in motion, which now serves as the main entrance gate to DING, the new extension of Design Museum Gent in Belgium. Measuring more than…
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• What should you automate next? Get ideas at AMA: Software 2026. Australian large-format additive manufacturing company Hyperion Systems has signed an agreement with Inspire Robotics to install a containerised 3D printing system in Timor-Leste later this year. The two companies describe the project as a world-first circular economy initiative, combining robotics, artificial intelligence and recycled…
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• Recently [Riley] got his paws on an old Prusa i3 FDM printer that had clearly seen better days, with a hot-end that had suffered an explosive blow-out. For the project …read more
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• In the first article in this series, we look at how a European chair company invested in the world by pioneering mass manufacturing, modularity, bent wood, tubular steel, catalogs, composites,...
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• 3D printing medicines has often been tied to the idea of personalization, basically making a pill in the right dose, shape, or drug combination for a patient. PharmaTher is now...
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• At this year’s RAPID event in Boston, HP Additive Manufacturing Solutions celebrated ten years in the additive manufacturing (AM) market. The company ushered in the milestone with several innovations, including...
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• Make some 21st-century flower power — with powered flowers, with this LED jean jacket. The post BedazzLED Jean Jacket appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems makes brakes, ABS systems, lane departure systems, drum brakes, and more for commercial vehicles. Vincent Bendix founded the firm in 1923 after his father was hit...
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• We are in the middle of a major manufacturing shift focused on the production speed and payload capacity of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), or drones. A recent Manufacturing Dive article...
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• For most of its history, desktop 3D printing has been a technology business. Companies competed on speed, accuracy, build volume, temperature, materials and reliability. Buyers compared specifications because the machines...
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• The additive manufacturing (AM) industry has become obsessed with the opportunity for drones, and there’s certainly good reason for that. But before drones, the big focal point in AM for...
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• Dirk Simon had deep experience in materials and chemistry before joining the 3D printing industry. Instrumental in BASF and Farsoon’s market introduction, Dirk has spent a lot of time thinking...
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• Disclosure: The Core One L+ was provided to me by Prusa3d free of charge for the purpose of this review. I have not received any other compensation. All opinions expressed...
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• Australia´s Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC) has been joined by Edith Cowan University (ECU). This makes it the 12th university to join the AMCRC. Effectively, AMCRC is Australia Makes,...
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• Prusa Research is offering a new hot end for its Core One 3D printers. The new high-temperature hot end can go up to 400 °C. The swappable hot end can...
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• AM-Platform, a European additive manufacturing (AM) network active since 2007, has become a Core Member of Addliance, the European AM Hubs Alliance. The network connects more than 500 stakeholders across over 25 countries, and its work centers on coordinating AM development and building a shared strategic understanding of the technology in Europe. In its own…
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• Before you invest in another tool, hear from the experts. Join AMA Software. Fusion for Energy (F4E), the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AMAZEMET, a Polish small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) working in advanced materials and metal additive manufacturing (metal AM). The…
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• How is AI changing 3D printing? Discover more at AMA: Software 2026, on October 22. Register for free! California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation making California the second US state to mandate firearm-blocking technology in 3D printers sold within its borders. The law, which follows a similar measure enacted in New York, carries a…
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• Where is AI unlocking advantages? Explore what is possible at AMA: Software 2026. The global additive manufacturing market reached $4.5 billion in the second quarter of 2026, a 12% increase from the same period a year earlier, according to quarterly tracking data published by Additive Manufacturing Research (AM Research). Drawn from AM Research’s 3DP/AM Market…
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• 3D printers are raising serious money again…on Kickstarter, that is. Over the last few months, a new group of 3D printer campaigns has attracted millions of dollars and thousands of...
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• A new paper, “Full-Field Damage Monitoring in Architected Lattices Using In situ Electrical Impedance Tomography,” points to lattices being able to detect damage. This could really help composites in critical...
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• In 3D printing, the printer determines how a part is made — the material determines what can be made. Rather than another general-purpose material, the new ANTINSKY lineup answers specific...
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• On September 5, German space startup Isar Aerospace achieved a major milestone, for its own reputation and for the entire space industry in the European Union (EU), when it executed...
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• Discover exclusive software insights at AMA: Software 2026, on October 22. Register for free! Researchers from University of Waterloo have developed a 3D printed water filtration column made from biodegradable plastic that removed 90% of microplastics from contaminated water using nothing but gravity. The system combines surface porosity engineering with pressure-sensitive adhesive coatings to capture…
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• The railway sector is not known for its speed in maintenance and component replacement, but Wabtec is now running more than 150,000 3D printed parts on trains worldwide, using additive manufacturing to do what conventional casting and foundries increasingly can’t: cut weight, compress lead times, and rescue parts that would otherwise be obsolete. The safety-critical…
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• Where can AI actually help your print workflow? Find out at AMA Software, online on October 22nd. At Huafast’s 3D printing operation in Shenzhen, thousands of desktop machines manufacture toys and other products. On some of the equipment, getting a design into production still involves carrying an SD card to the printer. Wireless interference makes…
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