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Making physical objects by depositing material layer by layer, covering hobbyist desktop machines, print farms and industrial systems.
San Diego County sued Polymaker on October 5, saying its marketing to ghost-gun enthusiasts turns legal filament into a firearm precursor part. The complaint concedes filament itself is legal, so the case rests on proving how Polymaker marketed it.
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La Salle researchers designed a 3D-printable sonic black hole that is inserted into an existing duct to reduce echoes, ScienceAlert reported. Conventional versions are built into the pipe, so retrofitting has been difficult.
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The Mach Initiative, a team of University of Bath graduates, flew the Kingfisher, a jet-turbine model whose mostly 3D-printed PETG airframe reaches 205 mph. A larger aircraft built to chase a Mach 0.8 speed record has not yet made an attempt.
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Shenzhen Tuozhu Technology, Bambu Lab's parent, filed a U.S. patent application, published September 10, 2026, for a heatbed with its heater set in a recess. The stated aim is a more evenly heated plate and better print adhesion, with heater loops that reach the bed's corners.
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Novices using InstructMesh, a tool from MIT CSAIL, Google and Northeastern, found and fixed flaws in AI-generated 3D models about 90 percent of the time. An expert graded the edited designs, so how the printed objects perform is still an open question.
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Brig. Gen. Terry Tillis said 1,000 of the roughly 2,000 drones at the Germany exercise were consumable. The Pentagon's Drone Dominance program is spending $1 billion on at least 200,000 drones through 2027.
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Each of the eight INDX toolheads holds a nozzle and a filament path and no moving parts, and Bondtech sells one for $45. Tom's Hardware measured 83.58 grams less waste than a Bambu H2C on the same model.
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