Note sull'episodio
The week of 26 September to 4 October 2026 in 3D printing, for makers and small businesses. California signed a law that will one day require printers to recognise and refuse gun files, Bambu Lab launched a matte PETG at the same price as its glossy one, Prusa put a 400-degree hotend on the Core One, Creality announced a laptop-free blue-laser scanner, E3D turned its high-flow nozzle patents into a licensing badge, a three-year-old 3D-printed planter business got bought by a private-equity-backed décor brand, and the first rocket thrusters printed in orbit came home for testing. Plus two Australian research stories.
Stories this episode:
• California's AB 2047 "Firearm Printing Prevention Act": what it actually requires, and why nothing changes before 2028• Bambu Lab PETG Matte: specs, US pricing, and the Halloween sale that puts the P1S at US$399• Prusa HT Hotend Upgrade: 400 °C printing on the Core One for US$199.99• Creality Sermoon P1S: a US$2,299 standalone blue-laser 3D scanner• E3D FlowCore licensing and the Snapmaker × Phaetus Liber hotend; Snapmaker Space opens• Nearly Natural buys Modernized Pottery, a 3D-printed planter business founded in 2023• Sydney and Glasgow print lattices that map their own cracks; Edith Cowan University joins the AMCRC• ESA's space-printed thrusters return to Earth for hot-fire tests
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Sources: 3DPrint.com; Tom's Hardware; VoxelMatters; 3D Printing Industry; 3DBite; Bambu Lab forum and store; Prusa Research; PR Newswire (Creality, Nearly Natural); E3D; University of Glasgow; Process Online; ESA via VoxelMatters and Metal AM. Currency conversions at about A$1.44 per US dollar, RBA rate of 2 October 2026.