Desktop Printers
UC Berkeley and Prusa Open Up the World of Volumetric 3D Printing
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) has released OpenCAL, a DIY volumetric 3D printer developed in collaboration with Prusa Research and Formlabs. Formlabs produces the resin, which will be…
UniFormation S10 Heads to Kickstarter with an Integrated Resin Printing and Post-Processing System
UniFormation will launch its S10 desktop resin 3D printer on Kickstarter on October 22, 2026, with pledges starting at $999. The S10 integrates printing, washing, and drying, allowing a print…
The “Apple Effect”: Are 3D Printers Becoming Lifestyle Products?
For most of its history, desktop 3D printing has been a technology business. Companies competed on speed, accuracy, build volume, temperature, materials and reliability. Buyers compared specifications because the machines…
Prusa Research Releases New HT HOTEND
Prusa Research is offering a new hot end for its Core One 3D printers. The new high-temperature hot end can go up to 400 °C. The swappable hot end can…
Prusa Core One L+: A Worthy Upgrade?
Disclosure: The Core One L+ was provided to me by Prusa3d free of charge for the purpose of this review. I have not received any other compensation. All opinions expressed…
Kickstarter is Testing the Next Wave of Desktop 3D Printing
3D printers are raising serious money again…on Kickstarter, that is. Over the last few months, a new group of 3D printer campaigns has attracted millions of dollars and thousands of…
Stratasys vs. Bambu Lab: Why Europe and the U.S. Reached Different Results, Part II
Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a two-part series by Xu Fanglei examining the technology and patent issues behind the Stratasys-Bambu Lab dispute. Part 1 looked at the $27.6…
Bambu Lab and SUSAN FANG 3D Print for London Fashion Week
At London Fashion Week, some of the more unusual pieces on the runway came from 3D printers. Chinese fashion designer SUSAN FANG presented her Spring/Summer 2027 Air-Illusion collection at the…
Sunlu i10 Filament Dryer Review: Set It, Forget It, Keep Printing
The Sunlu i10 is a filament dehumidifier that I’ve been testing for the last few months. It’s a practical, easy-to-use cabinet that keeps your filament in tip-top shape. Sunlu gave…
Bambu Lab Moves Beyond 3D Printing with R1 Laser Cutter
Bambu Lab has gone from one X1 printer, which did very well, to entry-level A1 systems, mid-market P2S systems, and larger H3Ds and more. They’ve also made systems that couple…
Stratasys Wins $27.6M in Patent Case Against Bambu Lab; Bambu Challenges Verdict
Update, September 21, 2026: This article has been updated with a statement from Bambu Lab responding to the verdict, along with additional information about the company’s ongoing patent challenges against…
Meet T-Pain: 3D Printing Influencer
Whereas imprisoned music mogul P. Diddy had red rooms and “freak-offs” of baby oil-fueled debauchery, another long-time rap artist has a different kind of room. King of Autotune T-Pain has…
HeyGears Reflex RS Turbo Sets a New Standard for Resin 3D Printing
When creating highly detailed resin prints, speed only matters if the finished result still captures the details that made the model worth printing in the first place. The HeyGears Reflex…
IFA 2026 Shows Where Multicolor 3D Printing Is Headed
Innovation For All (IFA) is best known for televisions, appliances, and consumer electronics. But this year’s show in Berlin also gave 3D printing companies plenty of room to show where…
The Final Countdown: More Value for G1X Series Backers
HeyGears G1X Series, the world’s first desktop full-color 3D & UV printer, has now surpassed $15 million on Kickstarter, backed by a growing global community of creators, makers, artists, and…
PrusaSlicer 3.0 Review: A Major Slicer Overhaul
Prusa Research has implemented a major update to PrusaSlicer. The 3.0 version is not some tweak; it’s a big rewrite. From the get-go, the Alpha version I tested was light-years…
HeyGears G1 Passes $14M on Kickstarter with Full-Color 3D Printing
HeyGears was started in 2015 and has been making value-driven Vat Polymerization systems for dental and home use. The company is marketing savvy and very driven. Now the firm has…
Founded After Class: Unlayered 3D Co-Founders Philip Pounds & Alex Stedman on Starting a 5-Axis Desktop OEM in College
When he showed up on Google Meet for our interview, I could see that Philip Pounds, co-founder of Unlayered 3D, was seated shotgun in a moving car. I wasn’t sure…
Berkeley Humanoid Lite And The Open Source Robotics Revolution
Thanks to this LinkedIn Post by Lukas Ziegler, I found out about the Berkeley Humanoid Lite. Now I’ve always been quite skeptical of humanoid robots. Why not just get two…
Bambu Lab 3D Printers Bring a 166-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Back to Life
Fourteen desktop 3D printers spent seven weeks producing the bones of a dinosaur that lived roughly 166 million years ago. The result is now on display at Blenheim Palace in…
Prusa Upgrades Its Lineup with CORE One+ (Gen 2), CORE One L+, and XL+
Prusa Research has updated its high-end desktop 3D printer lineup. The company is offering new and improved versions of the machines it targets at industrial and power users, with the…
3DPOD 311: Thingiverse and MyMiniFactory, with CEO Romain Kidd
Romain Kidd was MyMiniFactory‘s CEO and helped that company grow in a crowded market of people sitting between “the cloud,” communities, and 3D printing. We talk about how MyMiniFactory was…
Sinterit and DyeMansion Join Forces as Polymer LPBF Enters Its Next Competitive Phase
The entry-level laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) polymer space is heating up. Whereas in metals it’s Chinese vendors offering breakthrough low-cost products, in polymer it’s HP and Formlabs enabling easier,…
Bambu Lab and Insta360 Invite Makers to Build Custom Camera Gear
Bambu Lab is expanding the role of MakerWorld, its community platform for 3D printable models. The company has partnered with camera maker Insta360 to launch the Luna Ultra Design Challenge,…
