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🤏 CRAFT printing method makes affordable, realistic replicas as structurally complex as a human hand
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-craft-method-realistic-replicas-complex.html

CRAFT printing method makes affordable, realistic replicas as structurally complex as a human hand
Researchers have developed a new method for 3D printing objects with very different properties, including levels of hardness and transparency, on a pixel-by-pixel basis while using commonly available materials and inexpensive 3D printers. The method, described in the journal Science by researchers from The University of Texas at Austin, Sandia National Laboratories and two other national laboratories, could lend itself to the creation of realistic models of body parts for medical students to pr…

I wrote up a longer post about the halftone printing plate (and print) I made...
#art

Halftone Printing Plate
Another 3D printed printing plate, now with halftone...

Thoughts on MacBook Neo, as Apple also expands its superpremium tier via "Ultra" products; sources: Apple wants to use aluminum 3D-printing for Watch and iPhone (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsle…

I just discovered that AI can generate code for OpenSCAD, so you can generate files for 3D printing with just geometric descriptions.
Part of my company's work is training in 3D design. It had better start pivoting toward other fields.
#AI #3Ddesign

If I had a 3d printer, I would probably be spending all my time on printing things like that too!

🐚 Underwater 3D printing may reshape maritime concrete construction
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/01/underwater-3d-printing-could-transform-maritime-construction

Underwater 3D printing could transform maritime construction | Cornell Chronicle
An interdisciplinary collaboration has developed a way to 3D-print concrete underwater – a technique that could transform on-site maritime construction and the repair of critical infrastructure.

My daughter gave me a challenge of doing a relief print of a photo so I halftoned it and I don’t hate it. (The plate was 3D printed.)
#art #printmaking

I've really enjoyed hearing where we are on 3D-printed rib-ticklers sooo...
MAST #3DPrintingGeeks!
Tell me the wildest new thing in your area that will make me go WOW!
Is it speed? Materials? Colours?
Also, when do you think 3D printing will go truly mass-market? It feels like you still need a load of patience / expertise?

Hey, look; @… and Studioworks featured in a blog post on #swift .org!
I'm also still very happy with our choice of Swift for web development.

Swift Language (@swiftlang@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image 🗞️News from Swift: web apps, a new mail stack, 3D printing, embedded Swift updates, and some community events. Read all about it in the latest Swift blog post: https://www.swift.org/blog/whats-new-in-swift-january-2026/

This crew I'm printing with
(shout out @mostlybree.kitrocha.com @lefttheprairie.bsky.social and @bibliogrrl.bsky.social )
are the real deal.
Whistles free for groups all over the country.
You can ask for whistles or help supply printers with filament here:
https://linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

3D Printed Whistles | Linktree
We ship community protection whistles for free. Need some? Click the email link below & tell us how many you need (between 100 - 1000) & where to send them.

Pretty happy with my new toy: a thermal camera :)
#3dprint #3dprinting #thermalimaging

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116092491198574746
Here’s so many technologies that are actually helpful and amazing and I’m exited about, here’s some more:
- e-paper
- health tracking that alerts to possible conditions
- safety features in vehicles
- new vaccines
- those soundboards for pets allowing them to form sentences
- 3D printing
- LED lights
- new, less dangerous battery technologies
And so much more

This was an interesting problem to work on (back in 2017): A visualization of a path planner for 3D printing (FDM) a single layer/mesh structure of a multi-layer textile. Two setups of the same path strategy which optimized for longest continuous sub-paths and minimum rapids (distance without filament extrusion) between sub-paths. The planner supported six strategies in total, incl. optimizing for straight sub-paths and minimum amounts of "recent" crossings (to allow filament to co…

Presently taking good advantage of the last days of legal 3D printing (before they ban all CNC devices in case somebody uses one to make a gun) to print some ducting adapters for the laser engraver exhaust

FreeForm, which is building an AI native 3D printing system that uses 18 lasers to fuse metal powders into precision components, raised a $67M Series B (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/freeform-raises-67m-series-b-…

Freeform raises $67M Series B to scale up laser AI manufacturing  | TechCrunch
“I think we're the only quote-unquote manufacturing company out there that has H200 clusters in a data center on site."

I was just thinking...
.. all those 3D printers out there.
Can you imagine the gnarly dildoes people are printing out?
🤯
#3DPrinting #BumFun #MingeMeddling

🫥 How astronauts will fix their gear using thin air
#materials

How astronauts will fix their gear using thin air
Additive manufacturing, more commonly known as 3D printing, will be an absolutely critical technology for any long-term settlement on another world. Its ability to take a generic input, such as plastic strips or metal powder, and turn it into any shape of tool an astronaut will need is an absolute game changer. But the chemistry behind these technologies is complicated, and their applications are extremely varied, ranging from creating bricks for settlements to plastics for everything from cups…