3d-printing

Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week. The post Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing, June 13, 2026 appeared on Fabbaloo .

A new passive technology could help future wireless networks reach places where signals struggle today. Dead zones are one of the most persistent problems in wireless communications. Whether it’s a basement office, a warehouse aisle, a tunnel, or a crowded indoor venue, signals often struggle to reach every corner. The challenge is expected to grow [...]

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi illustrate how the renewed global fascination with Frida Kahlo is creating unexpected opportunities for 3D printing in medical design, museum experiences, fashion, and collectible art. The post Frida-Mania Returns: Why Frida Kahlo Still Captivates Museums, Media, and Makers appeared on Fabbaloo .

The new “full colour” capabilities to FFF 3D printing are creating some interesting reactions. The post Full Color Printing Expands in Desktop FFF, But Some Major Manufacturers are AWOL appeared on Fabbaloo .

A newly granted Chinese utility patent proposes a variable extrusion head for FFF 3D printers, aimed at avoiding one of the oldest annoyances in desktop and industrial extrusion printing: changing nozzles. The post Chinese Patent Describes Adjustable FFF Nozzle appeared on Fabbaloo .

ORNL has been working on an interesting partnership to develop a 3D-printed micro-hydro system. The post ORNL Uses Additive Manufacturing to Reduce Costs for Small-Scale Hydroelectric Installations appeared on Fabbaloo .

As a smart home enthusiast, I rely on smart lighting quite a lot. But when I needed to equip every room in the house with a light controller, sometimes even multiple, I ran into a budget problem. Commercial smart controllers are... The post Control Your Smart Home with a Custom 3D-Printed Macropad appeared first on Original Prusa 3D Printers.

Voltage Vessels, based in Hawaii, has released Eclipse X9, a composite that combines recycled PETG with basalt fiber reinforcement for large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM). After several years of development, the material is now commercially available as both pellets and filament, and is undergoing evaluation at several LFAM facilities across different printer platforms. The company is&#823…

You've seen QR codes with logos in the center. Maybe a Starbucks QR with their siren, or a brand's QR with their logo stamped dead center. How does that work? Doesn't putting a graphic in the middle of the code just... break it? Short answer: yes, but QR codes are designed to survive it. Here's the mechanism. Reed-Solomon error correction QR codes use Reed-Solomon error correction, originally dev…

Parivas, an independent watchmaker based in Los Angeles, has presented the Exo.1, a luxury timepiece whose case is produced as one continuous 3D printed structure. Launched on May 18, 2026, as the opening piece of the brand’s Genesis Collection, the watch is the company’s attempt to establish what it calls “additive watch design,” building a…

Swedish software company Interspectral AB and Austrian high-performance component maker Pankl Racing Systems AG announced an expanded strategic collaboration focused on speeding up the industrialization of metal additive manufacturing. The agreement builds on several years of joint work and centers on improving process monitoring, quality assurance, and data-driven production workflows. Under the…

Google has stepped into the world of 3D printing in a big way. The post Google Releases Enables 3D Printed Fitbit Air Band Designs appeared on Fabbaloo .

In this article Why I didn't walk away First look: deceptive condition Teardown: drilling, soaking, freeing the fused Electronics: what survived and what didn't Reassembly Pre Power On Tests Moment of truth ReflectionsWhy I didn't walk away I picked up the SX‑64 at the 2025 VCFSW show in Dallas, thinking the classic line: "How bad could it be?" The gentleman who brought it to me mentioned it migh…

A Chinese utility model patent proposes a simple way to keep 3D printer cooling fans from slowly degrading: clean the fan blades while they spin. The post Self Cleaning Fan Patent Targets 3D Printer Cooling appeared on Fabbaloo .

DEEP Manufacturing, a specialist in wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) for safety-critical structures, has partnered with Colorado-based Fortius Metals to print a complex, multi-material metal cylinder using large-format metal 3D printing. Announced on June 4, 2026, the project will combine DEEP’s synchronized multi-robot WAAM system with Fortius’ expertise in simulation, toolpath design, and…

Soccer officials already rely on cameras to see who’s offside and who sent the ball out of bounds. But during this World Cup, refs will use digital twins of each player to view plays from every angle.

Correcting complex limb deformities is about creating and executing a plan. This paper includes two challenging cases in which conventional techniques reached their limits, and 3D-printed patient-specific guides helped bridge the gap between virtual planning and surgical precision.

A new neural field-based optimization method aims to reshape parts to reduce overhangs and, in turn, minimize the need for 3D printing support structures. The post Neural Shape Optimization Could Cut 3D Print Supports appeared on Fabbaloo .

Australian construction technology company Luyten 3D has launched the ASCEND A27, described as the “world’s first” tower crane-mounted concrete 3D printer designed to build structures up to 100 m tall. That claim rests on a structural departure from how concrete 3D printers have worked until now. Conventional systems use gantry frames, which move along fixed…

As the Homebrew Computer Club met and MITS frantically shipped Altairs, researchers at Xerox PARC were seemingly a decade or more ahead. They already knew what would make personal computers useful, and researchers were working on an ecosystem to support a typical office task. Writing and printing documents. Gary Starkweather had tested his SLOT laser printer using analog signals, flying-spot scan…