Buy the printer, make the presents: Snapmaker’s U1 drops to $699 for Black Friday
The Snapmaker U1 drops to $699 this Black Friday, down 30% from its $999 list price, and it might be the smartest buy on your…
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RAY’s 3D Print Scraper Concept Refuses to Be Another Rectangle
The little rectangular blade gives RAY away. Without it, Marija Kucurski’s stingray-shaped design could pass for a small sculpture, all sweeping fins and a curling…
ELEGOO DAY 2026 Invites the World to Create, Share, and Grow With Nexprint
Every idea deserves somewhere to go, and for a lot of 3D printing hobbyists, that place has been missing. ELEGOO wants to change that with…
LightMake Just Solved the Hidden Costs of Multi-Color 3D Printing
Multi-color FDM printing has always had a hidden cost that most users simply accept. Every time a single-nozzle machine switches filaments, it has to push…
Full-Color 3D Printing Once Cost $50,000+, HeyGears Brings It to 10% of the Cost
True full-color 3D printing has always lived in industrial settings, with price tags starting at $50,000 and machinery too large for any studio shelf. Most…
This $99 Trackball Has Gesture Controls That Work Without Any Software
The computer peripheral market has always been more experimental at its edges than in the mainstream. Ergonomic trackballs, in particular, have attracted a devoted following…
adidas BB.01 is first 3D-printed basketball shoe built to improve stability and flexibility on court
While the world is fixated on who’s making it to the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup. adidas thinks it’s done enough for the love…
This Free 3D Lamp Has 300 LEDs and Looks Nothing Like a Printed Object
Decorative lighting has become one of the more satisfying corners of the maker movement. Most off-the-shelf lamp designs don’t bring much that’s genuinely distinctive into…
This Keychain Camera Shares Photos Over Its Own Wi-Fi, No App Needed
Keychain cameras have been enjoying a quiet revival, driven largely by a growing appetite for lo-fi photography and a general fatigue with the algorithmic complexity…
The 3D Printed Pencil Holder That Shames Everything Else on Your Desk
Most of us have a pencil holder we never actually chose. It’s the ceramic mug you retired from coffee duty, or the branded giveaway from…
Studio Darius Ou Just Printed a Book That Reads Its Own Code
Books have always held secrets. Marginalia scrawled by long-dead readers, watermarks pressed into pulp centuries ago, the particular weight of a first edition in your…
A 3D-Printed Lamp That Finally Makes Sustainability Look Great
Most lamps do one thing. They sit on your desk, light your space, and get buried under the slow-moving chaos of charger cables and forgotten…
A 4D-Printed Cast You Can Actually Shower In
Most medical devices evolve quietly over decades. Surgical tools get sharper, imaging machines get faster, drug delivery systems get smarter. But the orthopedic cast has…
The $50 SHELL Treats Your Keys and Wallet as Things Worth Displaying
Most entryway organizers fall somewhere between two unsatisfying extremes: purely functional things that look like afterthoughts, or purely decorative objects that don’t actually hold anything….
This 3D-Printed Lamp Has a Shell That Opens and Closes to Shape Light
The 3D printing community has spent years trying to prove that a printer can produce more than desk trinkets and cable organizers. Lighting has always…
Rotary Tools Can Damage Fine Details, HOZO’s 13,000 SPM Micro Sander Cleanly Sands 3D Prints and Miniatures
Scroll through any Gunpla forum, 3D printing subreddit, or miniature painting Discord, and you’ll find the same complaint surfacing like clockwork: detail sanding is the…