During the weekend I attended the Japan RepRap Festival to check what happens in the 3d printing field.

The festival was quite big and just as I expected there was a number of big vendors taking the center, like lines of Bambu devices, but the corners were full of some interesting devices.

Of course there were some new Chinese companies like QiDi—I've seen this name for the first time, but the device looks pretty solid.

There were quite interesting Japanese startups, e.g. Fraxinus—a pocket-size tiny and cute USB-powered 3d-printer. Yes, what else would you expect from the Japanese vendor?

Also found quite interesting tabletop CNC MetalMeister: for now it seems rather expensive to me but let's hope that it's just a start and we'll get some simpler and cheaper options soon.

And a little bit to my surprise but in a very good way there was a number of actual RepRap followers: Cartographer3d, Voron, and even some pure hand-made things.

Of course there were loads of filament vendors and some already printed stuff, e.g. now I know that "liquid crystal polymer filament" is a thing. Didn't decide if I need that but still I like the fact that inventions continue.