On September 1, 2026, the generative 3D company Tripo AI announced it had raised approximately 3 billion yuan in its Series B and Series B+ financing rounds, equivalent to roughly $446 million USD. The funding will help the Tripo team…

STL and 3MF are the two most commonly used file formats in 3D printing. The STL format stores only the part’s geometry using triangles, while the 3MF format also stores color, materials, orientation, and print parameters in a single file.…

Researchers at Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale are using biotechnology and 3D printing to explore whether plastic and agricultural waste can be turned into food for the µBites project. The team presented the project on August 24th at ACS Fall…

Damp filament is a familiar problem in FDM printing. Hygroscopic materials such as PA, PETG and TPU pull water out of the air, which shows up as popping during extrusion, stringing, weak layer adhesion and inconsistent surface finish. The usual…

Polycarbonate (PC) is a family of thermoplastic polymers defined by the carbonate groups in their molecular structure. Engineering-grade PC is prized for its exceptional impact resistance, and certain grades are optically transparent, combining strength, durability and clarity in a single…

A surgeon in Barcelona rehearses a cardiac repair on a model printed from the patient’s own scan. A children’s hospital in Nebraska turns around a custom cranial guide in days instead of weeks. The faster that knowledge moves between the…