Achieving Micron-Level Tolerances: CAD Optimization for Sub-10µm 3D Printing
 Achieving Micron-Level Tolerances: CAD Optimization for Sub-10µm 3D Printing

Achieve successful micro-scale 3D prints by optimizing tolerances, wall thickness, support strategies, microfluidic channels, and material selection in your CAD models from the start.What Attendees will LearnTolerance-driven design — How to define re…

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MIT-developed 3D printer can output a fully functional electric motor in a single process — team only needed to magnetize the linear motor after printing, motors cost just 50 cents each

A team of researchers from MIT built a 3D printer that can economically print a fully functioning linear motor, with magnetization of the magnetic parts the only required step after printing.
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Colorado law could force surveillance for 3D printers to prevent use for making gun parts — fourth state to propose new bans is expanding firearms laws to regulate digital files

Colorado is joining the growing list of states attempting to crack down on the manufacture of 3D printed “ghost guns,” joining New York, Washington, and California on a quest to expand firearms laws to regulate digital fil…

California bill would restrict 3D printer sales to state-approved models to prevent printing gun parts — joins Washington and NY on legal offensive

California 3D printer control bill would restrict sale to DOJ-approved models

Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2 review: A four-color variant

Elegoo promised a color add-on, but instead gave us a whole new printer.

Elegoo sale pairs colored PLA filament with its Centauri Carbon 2 3D printer for just $475 — Presidents’ Day printing bonanza

Elegoo’s Presidents’ Day 3D printer bundle deal comes with 4KG of PLA for just $475.

Chinese scientists 3D print tiny items in half a second using holographic light fields — scientists precision fabricate complex millimeter-scale objects in record time

A team of scientists have revealed a new technique for the super-high-speed 3D printing of complex objects.

MakerWorld launches Copyright Protection Program to help 3D designers fight stolen files being resold online — stamping out knockoffs is priority number one

The Bambu Lab MakerWorld Copyright Protection Program is a free service for MakerWorld Exclusive Designs and will fight IP infringement on any platform.
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MyMiniFactory acquires Thingiverse to save 3D printing file sharing from AI — Thingverse has eight million users and 2.5 million ‘things’

MyMiniFactory has announced the surprise acquisition of the world’s oldest and largest 3D printing file sharing site, Thingiverse.
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Harvard researchers develop novel 3D printing method for soft robotics — rotational multi-material method creates muscle-like structures that can be programmed to twist, lift, or bend

Harvard researchers have developed a rotational 3D printing technique that can create malleable structures with built-in motion logic in a single, seamless step that could have a huge impact on the field of soft robotics. …