Formnext Asia Shenzhen concluded its 2026 edition on August 28 in Shenzhen, China, with organizers reporting 34,202 visitors from 113 countries and regions to the additive manufacturing (AM) event, a 65 percent increase over the 2025 edition. International attendance rose…
AMUG Opens Registration for 2027 Conference, Adds Two New Tracks
The Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) has opened registration for its 2027 Education and Training Conference on September 1, 2026. The event will run March 14 to 18, 2027, at Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City in New Jersey. Registration is open…
Earthseed Dome Brings 3D Printed Living Soil to ICA
Botanical artist Lily Kwong has created Earthseed Dome, a site-responsive 3D printed structure inside Transamerica Redwood Park in San Francisco, presented by the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco (ICA SF). The massive looped structure draws on ancestral building practices…
3devo Launches Filament Maker X10: Technical Specification and Pricing
Utrecht, Netherlands-based 3devo has launched the Filament Maker X10 (FMX10), a filament production system built for continuous, unattended operation on powders, regrinds, and pellets. The launch reflects a broader shift in additive manufacturing (AM): as 3D printed parts move from…
Engineered Yeast Turns Plastic Waste Into 3D Printed Food for Space Missions
Researchers at Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale have developed a method to convert plastic and agricultural waste into edible food using genetically programmed yeasts, with the resulting material extruded through a 3D printer into protein-rich cookies. The team, funded through…
Ursa Major to Go Public in $2.3BN SPAC Deal With Inflection Point
Aerospace and defense manufacturer Ursa Major has announced to go public through a business combination with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. III (Nasdaq: BCCQU), a special purpose acquisition company backed by Inflection Point Asset Management. Following the transaction, the combined company will…
Arc Impact Debuts Digital Casting Services for Defense Manufacturers
Additive manufacturing (AM) company Arc Impact is promoting Digital Casting Services, a workflow that pairs simulation with 3D printed sand molds and cores to help defense and government programs manufacture complex castings with fewer failed pours. The company positions the…
US Joint Effort Tests At-Sea Metal 3D Printing, RIMPAC 2026
A US joint-branch effort deployed a SPEE3D cold spray metal printing system aboard the Canadian support vessel MV Asterix during RIMPAC 2026, marking the first at-sea use of the technology. The exercise examined whether mission-critical replacement parts could be manufactured…
Hi3D Launches AI 3D Model With 2048³ Voxel Resolution
Hi3D, the browser-based AI model generation platform built on its proprietary Sparc3D engine, has launched Hi3D V3.0, an AI 3D generation model the company describes as the first commercially available version to reach 2048³ voxel resolution. The update centers on…
EPFL Engineers Use Sound Resonance to Power Microscale Robots
Fitting a motor and battery into a robot shrinks fast as the robot gets smaller, and at microgram scales it becomes close to impossible. Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) have proposed a way around…
