Denise Bertacchi

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Delaware's Printed Solid rebrands to Prusa USA

By: Denise Bertacchi

Prusa Research completes American takeover. Printed Solid, the Delaware-based filament manufacturer acquired by Czech Prusa Research in 2022, is now known as Prusa USA, Inc.

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'Nozzlegate' erupts as Prusa CORE One 3D printer kits arrive with soft steel nozzles — Bondtech admits machining flaws with no quick fix

By: Denise Bertacchi

Founders Edition buyer launches “Nozzle Gate” website in response

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QIDI Plus5 3D printer review: The best one yet

By: Denise Bertacchi

Pros The QIDI Plus5 goes toe-to-toe with Bambu Lab's H2 series for nearly half the price. At first glance, the QIDI Plus5 looks pretty much like the QIDI Plus4, but it's so much more.

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Prusa Research XL, Core One, and Core One L all to receive second-generation upgrades — all new orders get updated model for 'free'

By: Denise Bertacchi

Existing models will have upgrade kits available.

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Desktop UV printers and wild custom builds take over Open Sauce 2026 — $1,700 full-color printers, flash-cured resin, and a rideable speeder bike

By: Denise Bertacchi, Anj Bryant

The weird and wild science fair for grown-ups. If you want to see the bleeding edge of 3D printing tech, you go to FormNext in

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Elegoo Centauri 2 Combo review: A budget-friendly printer made even more budget-friendly

By: Denise Bertacchi

Pros The Elegoo Centauri 2 Combo is a stripped-down version of the Centauri Carbon 2 , but we're left wondering if losing the camera, lights, enclosure, and ventilation is worth the $60 you're saving.

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xTool F2 Ultra UV dual laser engraver review: So cool it's hot

By: Denise Bertacchi

Pros The xTool F2 Ultra UV laser is not your ordinary laser. Normally, lasers mark, engrave, and cut by burning the material.

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xTool reveals its next generation of lasers — modular X1 supports CO2, Diode, UV, Fiber, and MOPA lasers

By: Denise Bertacchi

The X1 will combine gantry and galvo technology in one machine. xTool says its new X1 laser will be the last one you'll ever need.

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Meshy 7: All the Fingers and Toes

By: Denise Bertacchi

Generative AI modeling has come a long way from three-fingered Shrimp Jesus in an incredibly short time. Meshy 7 launched in mid-August, promising to solve the biggest hurdle in AI design: geometry alignment and structural fidelity. It's definitely better, but it's not quite as good as human art. Yet.

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Meshy 7: All the Fingers and Toes - 3DPrint

By: Denise Bertacchi

Generative AI modeling has come a long way from three-fingered Shrimp Jesus in an incredibly short time. Meshy 7 launched in mid-August, promising to solve the biggest hurdle in AI...