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PrusaSlicer 3.0 is out. No stone has been left unturned, and that’s a good thing.
People have been talking about the new version of the popular slicer PrusaSlicer for ages. Today the time has come—PrusaSlicer 3 is out. It’s still an early preview, so plenty…

This little duck has taken the world by storm. It wittily makes advanced technologies accessible to the public.
Pollen Robotics has unveiled Microduck, a 25 cm bipedal robot with a Rockchip RK3566, fifteen servos, and simulation-trained movements. What’s inside, what it can do, and why the 4–6 month…

Prusa patented a handheld multitool for 3D printing. It prints, melts, and smooths.
When a crack shows up on a print, a gap from poor layer adhesion, or an ugly support scar, you usually grab several different tools. Weld the crack with a…

Network of DIY weather stations measures smoke from Belgium’s largest fire in history
A fire in Belgium’s Hautes Fagnes reserve burned 1,600 hectares, the largest in the country’s history. Amateur sensors in the sensor.community network showed that smoke traveled over 150 km to…

University student builds 3D printer with DIY INDX. Instructions and files are open-source.
Tool changes in a second with practically no waste. That’s what YUDX promises—a toolchanger built by one student and released entirely for free on GitHub. Eight tool heads, a single…

Prusa has updated its entire printer lineup: XL+, CORE One L+, and CORE One+ (Gen 2).
Prusa announced on August 12 a refresh of its entire lineup. The XL becomes the XL+, the CORE One L becomes the CORE One L+, and the CORE One+ is…

Don’t Throw Them Away! 7 Ideas for Giving Empty Prusament Spools a Second Life
Anyone who 3D prints knows the feeling: the filament runs out, leaving you with a sturdy plastic spool. What to do with it? The new generation of Prusament spools is…

ESP32 Plane Radar: Aircraft radar on your desk for a few hundred crowns
If you’ve ever wondered what plane is flying over your house, you’ve probably used an app like FlightRadar24. The ESP32 Plane Radar project offers a more interesting solution though –…

NASA 3D Printing: Hundreds of Space Models Free to Download
NASA has a public GitHub repository with over a hundred free STL models you can download and print on your own 3D printer—from the Saturn V rocket and Curiosity rover…

Amateur air quality sensors in Moscow detected extreme particulate concentrations from a drone attack on the refinery.
During a large-scale drone attack on Moscow on the night of June 18, 2026, a fire struck an oil refinery in the southeastern part of the city. Amateur sensors connected…