Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Tech News

3D printer nightmare fuel: Bambu X1C and P1P started printing while owners were asleep

A black metal hollow box with a floating print head inside on rails, with colorful mosaic of plastic dots on its side panel
The Bambu P1P, with optional 3D-printed panels. | Image: Bambu

When owners of Bambu’s extremely well-regarded 3D printers woke up on August 15th, some found their printer had gone rogue.

Some woke up to failed prints. Some found a second copy of a previous print. And at least a few found their Bambu X1C or P1P had started smacking itself apart — damaging components — while trying to print a second copy atop the object they’d actually asked for.

These printers started printing unattended,…

Continue reading…

You May Also Like

Editor's Pick

Gene Healy Last week, the New York Times ran a front-page story admiring President Biden’s political acumen on culture-war issues (“Biden Sidesteps Any Notion...

Editor's Pick

David Boaz I’ve written before about whether athletes take state taxes into account when they weigh competing offers. Here’s another example: Grant Williams left...

Editor's Pick

Jeffrey A. Singer On the same day that the Food and Drug Administration allowed women over‐​the‐​counter access to one progestin‐​only birth control pill, Rep....

Editor's Pick

Marc Joffe Last week the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies approved a Fiscal Year 2024 budget that forbids...