Einstar EZ GO: A 288 g Phone-Powered 3D Scanner That Takes On the Creality Pika
Einstar’s EZ GO weighs 288 g and snaps onto your phone, adding 3D Gaussian Splatting for shiny and fuzzy objects. There’s no US price, date, or…
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Launches, campaigns, patents and industry moves, with what the evidence actually supports.
Nike’s 3D-Printed Air Works Shoes Are Friends-and-Family Drops. The $179 Air Max 1000.2 Is What Reached Retail
Nike’s fourth Air Works shoe, a 3D-printed Air Max mule by LA designer Masyn, is a friends-and-family release made with Zellerfeld. The $179 Air Max 1000.2…
CruiseCup Brought In $808,000 With a Bambu Lab A1 Print Farm, and It Still Couldn’t Keep Up
CruiseCup, a 19-year-old’s 3D-printed can cooler brand, brought in $808,000 in 2025 from a farm now at 160 printers. Its stated max was 400 cups a…
ToolDance X1 Desktop CNC Passes $13 Million on Kickstarter: What $2,999 Gets You and What to Check First
The ToolDance X1 desktop CNC raised $13.1 million from 2,603 Kickstarter backers in four days. Backers pay $2,999, which ToolDance pitches as half its $5,999 MSRP,…
NestWorks C500 Makes TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026 With a $6,000 Price Tag You Can’t Order Yet
TIME named the NestWorks C500 desktop CNC, which it says retails for $6,000, to its Best Inventions of 2026. Pre-orders open in October. eufyMake’s fabric printer,…
3D Printer Market 2026: Entry-Level Revenue Up 36% in Q2, With Early Signs of a Glut Before Black Friday
Entry-level 3D printer shipments rose 23% and revenue 36% in Q2 2026, per CONTEXT, with Bambu Lab, Creality, Elegoo and Anycubic shipping 87% of them. Exports…
Formlabs Form Studio 1: What $699 Actually Buys, What It Costs to Run, and What Was Cut
The Formlabs Form Studio 1 costs $699, about a quarter of a Form 4, but a typical setup with the wash station, air filter and spare…
ChatGPT in Fusion 360: What Autodesk’s MCP Demo Shows, How to Set It Up, and Where It Falls Short (2026)
Autodesk’s 116-second demo shows ChatGPT building a two-piece 6061-T6 Raspberry Pi 4 case in Fusion 360. The Fusion MCP Server runs only in desktop Fusion on…
Flashforge CJ270: Price, Release Date, Specs, and What the Resin Really Costs (2026)
Flashforge CJ270 costs $3,999 and ships Oct 15. Verified specs, what the resin really costs, its limits, and how it compares to the HeyGears G1X.
Creality SparkX i8 Indiegogo Campaign: Is It Safe to Back Before October 31?
The SparkX i8 Indiegogo campaign closes October 31. As of September 24, 2026, the $289 Super Early Bird is sold out and the $309 Early Bird…
