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Science EN ↓ 28 episodes

The practical additive manufacturing news brief. What matters, what's hype, and what it means for builders.

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TDK Buys ECAM, the Air Force Prints 222 Planes' Worth of Vanes 12.06.2026 22:07

TDK drops up to $400M on electrochemical metal printing for AI data centers, the US Air Force commits to fleet-wide 3D printed microvanes, and a tower-crane concrete printer makes some very tall promises. Plus a yeast-based building material, a high-temp aluminum, and the return of Thingiverse.

States Try to Code Guns Out of Your Printer 05.06.2026 15:03

New York's mandatory gun-blocking software for 3D printers raises huge feasibility and free-speech questions, with California close behind. Plus Bambu's $469 large-format A2L, Sandvik exits metal AM, Creality's billion-dollar IPO, Prusa's open-source ColorMix, and a Pentagon volcanic-fiber boat fantasy.

Stratasys Buys Markforged for a Song, and a $185K Metal Printer 29.05.2026 12:13

Alex and Jordan dig into the biggest AM deal of the year—Stratasys snapping up Markforged for just $42.5 million, minus the metal binder jet line. They also unpack a new dual-laser metal printer priced suspiciously low, Norsk Titanium's first real production contract with Northrop Grumman, and whether an AI that fixes prints mid-job is ready for your garage.