Can desktop recycling fix the 3D Printer waste problem?

The thrill of owning one of the best multicolor 3D printers has come at an unexpected price – overflowing bins of wasted filament and scrapped prints. Here are five machines that promise to turn failed prints back into fre…

3D printing with one of the world’s hardest Tungsten-based materials is now possible — material’s incredible hardness made it difficult to additively manufacture

Scientists based at Hiroshima University have devised a novel way of 3D printing with one of hardest engineering materials used by industry.
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3D printing legend Josef Prusa takes emergency command of Printed Solid after CEO exit — Prusa holds the fort as successor hunt begins

David Randolph announced his resignation on X.

Builder’s dream PC case vanished from stores, so they 3D printed a masterpiece and shared the design — SFF case benchmarked, recreated to fit new GeForce RTX 50-series GPU

Redditor u/AudiblyTacit shared their custom 3D-printed SFF case based on the Xikii FF04, equipped with an RTX 5070 Ti.
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The high-speed Bambu Lab P1S is back in stock at its record-low $399 price — save $300 on enclosed Core XY 3D printer with quick assembly for beginners

The Bambu Lab P1S, one of our all-time favorite 3D printers, is back in stock and still a record-low price, available for you to pick up today for only $399.99.
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Adafruit pushes back against NY state’s sweeping ban on 3D printing guns — suggests amendments to ‘preserve the public safety goal without breaking education, open hardware, or small manufacturers’

Adafruit says that the current bill, which forces 3D printer manufacturers to scan for gun and gun components, is too broad and is prone to massive false positive and false negative rates.
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Beginner 3D printers: the “it just works” era is finally here

You no longer need an engineering degree to print a Baby Yoda. A few years ago, 3D printing was a hobby defined by troubleshooting: leveling beds with sheets of paper, unclogging nozzles, and tightening belts. In 2026, the technology has finally mature…

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Anycubic Kobra X Review: Hidden AMS

Anycubic goes toe-to-toe with Bambu with a bedslinger clone.

Cornell research shows that underwater 3D printing can be used to build or repair ocean structures in place — DARPA-funded project aims to make underwater construction faster, cheaper, and safer

Researchers based at Cornell University have developed a method for 3D printing concrete structures on the seafloor.
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Researchers use agentic AI to monitor and correct 3D prints — system catches errors in real time, uses modular design to work on different makes and models

A group of researchers has built an AI-powered system that uses five agents to monitor 3D printers and correct for errors after each printed layer.
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