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Why Kyle Bass Is Betting on Divergent, and What It Says About the Future of Manufacturing
Kyle Bass has spent much of his career looking at big economic trends before everyone else does. The founder of Hayman Capital Management became famous for betting against the U.S….
After the Hype: Conflux’s Dan Woodford on What It Takes to Scale Aerospace AM
A decade ago, Conflux Technology was founded around a simple idea: heat exchangers might be one of the best applications for metal additive manufacturing (AM). At the time, much of…
Bambu Lab and Insta360 Invite Makers to Build Custom Camera Gear
Bambu Lab is expanding the role of MakerWorld, its community platform for 3D printable models. The company has partnered with camera maker Insta360 to launch the Luna Ultra Design Challenge,…
R3 Printing Bets on American-Made Industrial FFF 3D Printers
For years, co-founders Paul Sieradzki and Petra Wood ran a 3D printing service bureau in New York. As they worked day to day with the printers, they experienced firsthand the…
Beyond Thermoplastics: Why JuggerBot Is Betting on Hybrid AM
For years, thermoplastics have been the workhorse of additive manufacturing (AM). They are pretty easy to process, available, and compatible with many of today’s industrial 3D printers. From prototypes to…
Is This the End of One-Size-Fits-All Braces? LightForce Thinks Every Patient Deserves a Different Bracket
For decades, braces have followed a pretty simple formula. Manufacturers make millions of identical brackets, orthodontists bond them to patients’ teeth, and then spend months making adjustments to get each…
Forty-Five Years After Alvin Toffler Coined “Prosumer,” Could AI and 3D Printing Make It a Reality?
Every major technology wave comes with big predictions about how it will change the world. Today, many of those predictions center on artificial intelligence (AI). Futurists like Ray Kurzweil and…
Who’s Asking the Questions? A Look at Additive Manufacturing’s Financial Analysts
Every earnings season, executives at publicly traded additive manufacturing (AM) companies face questions from Wall Street. While the companies change strategies, launch new products, or enter new markets, many of…
The New Dental Lab: “Three Technicians Can Handle a Hundred Arches,” Says Digital Dentistry Expert Josh Jakson
Josh Jakson’s path into digital dentistry started long before he had a job title. He grew up around it. His father, a Polish immigrant, started the family’s dental laboratory in…
IperionX Raises $50 Million to Expand U.S. Titanium Production
IperionX has raised about $50 million through a public offering to speed up the commercial rollout of its U.S. titanium manufacturing business. The company sold 2.275 million shares at $21.98…
After 17 Years at 3D Systems, Katie Weimer Is Betting on Regenerative Breast Tissue
After spending 17 years helping build healthcare applications at 3D Systems and its predecessor Medical Modeling, Katie Weimer wasn’t planning to launch a startup. But when a regenerative breast tissue…
Why Elegoo Chose Emoji® to Introduce More People to 3D Printing
When Elegoo unveiled the world’s first officially licensed emoji®-themed 3D printer, it wasn’t just launching another version of an existing machine. The company was testing a much bigger idea by…
The Drone Industry is Showing Where 3D Printing Delivers Real Value, AM Research Report Finds
The rapid rise of drones is creating one of the biggest opportunities for additive manufacturing (AM). Whether they’re used on battlefields, inspecting bridges or crops, or delivering supplies, drones need…
The Longevity Economy Needs a Factory
Longevity has become one of the biggest stories in healthcare. Every week seems to add a new announcement about an anti-aging therapy, an AI-powered drug discovery platform, or a startup…
A 3D Printed Diving Suit Lets Cyborg Cockroaches Swim Underwater
Cockroaches have been surviving on Earth for more than 300 million years. They can crawl through tiny cracks, climb almost any surface, and adapt to harsh environments. Now, researchers have…
UCLA 3D Prints Zinc-Ion Battery With Seven Times More Energy
Just days after researchers at the California Institute of Technology unveiled a 3D printed design for lithium-ion batteries, another university team has announced a different battery breakthrough using additive manufacturing…
VulcanForms Lands Major State Backing in Massachusetts Manufacturing Push
Massachusetts is making a major bet on industrial 3D printing. As part of a new $52 million package of state tax credits to support business expansion, the Massachusetts Economic Assistance…
Jaden Smith, Louboutin, and Zellerfeld Tease a New 3D Printed Luxury Shoe
Jaden Smith may have just brought 3D printed footwear into one of fashion’s most famous red-soled shoes. It all started during Paris Fashion Week, where Christian Louboutin presented its Men’s…
Caltech Uses 3D Printing to Rethink the Lithium-Ion Battery
For more than two decades, lithium-ion batteries have powered almost everything around us. They are inside smartphones, laptops, electric vehicles, drones, and even many medical devices. Batteries have improved a…
Dawn Aerospace Raises $25 Million as 3D Printing Helps Power Reusable Spaceflight Ambitions
The race to build the next generation of reusable spacecraft just got another boost. Dawn Aerospace has landed $25 million in Series B funding to help scale its reusable space…
New University of Miami Facility Brings Bioprinting Closer to Clinical Reality
The University of Miami‘s Miller School of Medicine has opened a new bioprinting facility that is already being used to create living tissues, patient-specific implants, and advanced drug delivery systems….
How One Artist Is Using 3D Printing to Tell Stories About the Ocean
Artist Kimberly Callas sees something different when she looks at a 3D printer. Where others see a machine for making parts, she sees a way to tell stories about the…
Why Qualification Is Becoming the Next Frontier for AM in Energy
The energy industry doesn’t have much room for failure. Components used in power generation often operate under extreme temperatures and pressures, sometimes for decades at a time. That’s one reason…
New Study Shows Electronics Could Be Manufactured Directly in Space
A team of researchers from Auburn University and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center has successfully demonstrated a new additive manufacturing (AM) process that could allow astronauts to manufacture electronic components…
