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Materials
A Quantum-Hardware Company Launches a 3D-Printable Dielectric That Lasers Turn Into Carbon
QTREX Quantum posted 438% revenue growth and launched INSU300, a 3D-printable dielectric that trade coverage says can be laser-converted into graphene-like conductive carbon.
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Guides
Print Once, Cast Forever: A Step-by-Step Guide to Silicone Molds From 3D Prints, and What to Buy for Each Step
Print a master, finish it, box it and pour silicone over it, then cast resin, soap or plaster copies by the dozen: a six-step guide with the silicone, resin, release agent, tools and safety gear to order for each stage.
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Guides
One Print, Fifty Shells: A Step-by-Step Guide to Vacuum Forming With 3D-Printed Bucks, and What to Buy for Each Step
Design a buck with draft and vents, print it in ABS or PETG, pick a desktop former and the right sheet, then pull and trim clear or opaque shells: a six-step vacuum forming guide with the filament, machine, sheet stock and tools to order for each stage.
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Guides
From Printer to Foundry: A Step-by-Step Guide to Casting Metal From 3D Prints, and What to Buy for Each Step
Print a pattern in burn-away filament, invest it in plaster, burn it out and pour aluminum: a seven-step lost-PLA casting guide with the filament, kiln, furnace, investment and safety gear to order for each stage.
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Guides
Prusa's INDX Toolchanger Earns Editor's Choice: Nearly Waste-Free 8-Color Printing at $2,249
Tom's Hardware gave the Prusa CORE One+ INDX a 4.5/5 Editor's Choice, praising a wiper-based toolchanger that purges just ~13mg of filament per color swap — no prime tower required — for $2,249.
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Software
PrusaSlicer 3.0 Development Continues: Alpha12 Fixes Crashes, Adds Per-Tool Settings
Prusa Research's second public alpha of the ground-up PrusaSlicer 3.0 rebuild squashes the most common alpha11 crashes and adds per-extruder overrides, a camera toggle, and safer 3MF re-imports.
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Industry
SnowX Teases SnowPod: A Desktop Metal 3D Printer With a 40-Micron Laser, Heading to Kickstarter
SnowX is prepping a Q4 2026 Kickstarter for SnowPod, a desktop L-PBF metal printer with a 40-micron laser and sealed powder handling — and it got a rare exception from a crowdfunding-averse trade site.
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Materials
Taiwanese Designers Turn London's Tea and Coffee Waste Into 3D Printed Furniture
Three Taiwanese designers collected spent tea leaves and coffee grounds from London shops, compounded them with PLA, and robotically printed furniture and lighting for the 2026 London Design Festival.
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Industry
Amaero Files for $52.6 Million Nasdaq IPO to Scale Metal 3D-Printing Powder Production
Tennessee-based metal-powder maker Amaero set terms for a $52.6 million Nasdaq IPO under ticker AMRO, with most of the proceeds earmarked for new capital equipment as revenue jumped sixfold year over year.
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Printers
Bambu Lab Launches R1, Its First Non-Printer Product: A Self-Aligning 55W CO2 Laser
Bambu Lab's first product outside 3D printing is a $2,499 CO2 laser that auto-aligns its optical path in about a minute instead of the usual thermal-paper mirror ritual.
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Software
Snapmaker Space Opens to Everyone: A Validated Model Platform Built Around the U1
Snapmaker Space exits beta with 2,500+ test-printed, U1-tuned models and a creator-rewards system, staking out ground against Bambu Lab's own repository.
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Printers
Creality's SPARKX i8 Promises Multicolor Printing Without the Purge Waste
Creality's $289 Indiegogo launch, the SPARKX i8, claims sub-1-second color changes and zero purge waste by routing color transitions into a model's infill instead of a prime tower.
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