Affordable printers are taking on production work. Josef Prusa argues that the companies supplying them face a contest increasingly shaped by finance, software, IP and strategic information protection, and procurement, with consequences for everyone using the machines. Join manufacturing technology…
AMA: Software 2026 a Full Day on the Digital Thread, from AI-Assisted CAM to Vibe Coding
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…
From Hospital Bed to 3D Printer: New Project Brings Design Skills to Young Patients
A University of Nottingham-led project will bring 3D design and printing to children and young people taught in hospital education across England, and will study whether the activity can support their recovery. Funded by a Royal Society Science Community Grant…
Robots That Move, Sense and Harvest Energy: DMU Turns to 3D Printed Muscles
A De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) researcher will study whether 3D printing can produce artificial muscles for a new generation of soft robots. Dr Meisam Abdi is one of only eight engineers in the UK to receive a 2026/27 Royal…
Artec 3D Releases Artec Twins to Render 3D Scans with Billions of Points in Real Time
Luxembourg-based Artec 3D has released Artec Twins, a software platform for processing, rendering, and analyzing 3D scans of large environments, including point clouds containing billions of points. The launch extends the company’s work beyond object-level scanning into site-scale digital twins…
Peopoly brings laser leveling to $15,000 large-format pellet 3D printerÂ
Hong Kong-based 3D printer manufacturer Peopoly has opened general sales of its Giga 800 Fused Granulate Fabrication (FGF) 3D printer, starting at $15,000 (EXW). The commercial release introduces a laser-assisted automatic bed leveling system developed in response to feedback from…
3Descu enables 3D printing quotes through ChatGPT and Claude
Romanian 3D printing service provider 3Descu has opened its manufacturing quotation engine to AI assistants, allowing engineers to obtain production pricing directly through ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor and VS Code. Launched on October 18, 2026, the integration uses the Model Context…
WASP develops dual extrusion technology for reversible earth and plastic 3D printing
Italian 3D printer manufacturer WASP is developing a dual extrusion technology that combines earth-based materials and plastic reinforcement within a single 3D printing process. The patent-pending approach integrates Liquid Deposition Modeling (LDM) and Fused Granulate Fabrication (FGF), allowing the system…
In-Situ AM for Turbine Seal Ring Repairs to be Developed and Tested for Three Gorges Dam
China Yangtze Power has awarded Dongfang Electric Machinery a reported 15.8 million yuan (approx. $2.36 million) contract to develop in-situ AM technology for repairing turbine runner seal rings at the Three Gorges hydropower station. The 29-month project covers seal rings…
U.S. Navy Seeks 3D Printing Suppliers for 129 Naval Parts, Says SUBSAFE Items May Follow
Your printers are only part of the story. Explore what software makes possible at AMA: Software 2026. Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Weapon Systems Support (WSS) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) on additive manufacturing (AM) capabilities for naval…
Roboze Raises $10M for U.S. Expansion and CMC Development
From design to quality control—find your next software advantage at AMA: Software 2026. Roboze, which develops industrial machines, materials, and software for distributed production, has raised $10 million from Rialto Ventures, Club degli Investitori, existing investors, and strategic investors from…
LAIKA Adopts PrismSlicer to Preview Full-Color 3D Printed Faces
From design to quality control—find your next software advantage at AMA Software 2026. Prague-based software developer Additive Appearance has signed an agreement with stop-motion studio LAIKA to add its PrismSlicer renderer to the 3D printing tools available to the studio’s…
