Markforged founder Greg Mark’s new startup, Backflip AI, only just came out of stealth and is already making waves in the design and manufacturing industry with its AI-powered CAD tools....
Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) closed 2024 with its best year yet. The company launched more rockets, signed more contracts, and expanded deeper into spacecraft and satellite production than ever before....
How can you beat Garry Kasparov? With a baseball bat. If you ask yourself the question, “How can I beat Garry Kasparov,” and silently add the fragment “at chess” in...
According to a new independent life cycle assessment (LCA) by the Industrial Sustainability Laboratory at Oregon State University (OSU), Continuum Powders’ recycling process for producing nickel powders from scrap lowers...
At a medical conference in Austin this week, a new kind of breast implant took center stage. It is not made from silicone but from a 3D printed, fully resorbable...
Executive Director for the Center of Advanced Manufacturing and Materials at Harrisburg University, Larry “LJ” Holmes is a pioneer in applying additive manufacturing to defense and other critical sectors. Part...
Bioprinting continues its steady march toward the ambitious goal of making new tissue and organs commonplace. Teams worldwide are specializing in hearts, spleens, and cartilage. Now, researchers from Korea’s Pusan...
India’s space industry is picking up serious momentum. With a projected $44 billion space economy by 2033, the country is aggressively expanding its capabilities, fostering private-sector participation, and reducing its...
Photocentric has unveiled a high-speed 3D printer designed for space. Dubbed the CosmicMaker, this machine was built to manufacture components directly in orbit, giving astronauts a new level of self-sufficiency....
Software firms Synera and PanOptimization are set to collaborate, with additive manufacturing (AM) simulator PanX launching on the Synera Marketplace in April. Synera is a process automation platform designed for...
In a major move for the U.S. defense industry, Prometheus Energetics will build a massive 550-acre solid rocket motors (SRMs) and munitions facility in Bloomfield, Indiana. Construction is set to...
In a major decision today, the U.S. Supreme Court said that the government can treat ghost guns (including those made with 3D printers) like regular firearms. That means kits and...
When I first met Steven Camilleri in 2023, the CTO of additive manufacturing (AM) OEM SPEE3D shared a quote with me from Clayton Christensen, the late Harvard professor who popularized...
After a tough couple of years, Prodways (EPA: PWG) is starting to bounce back. The French 3D printing company finally made a profit in 2024, improved its operating performance, and...
Once per quarter, the Joint Interagency Field Experimentation (JIFX) team at the US Naval Postgraduate School holds weeklong exercises dedicated to demonstrating emerging technologies viewed by the Department of Defense...
A patient undergoing mandibular reconstructive surgery typically faces two separate operations: one to place a custom-fit titanium plate and another month later to remove it. But what if that second...
If I were Josef Průša, I’d probably gloat and be insufferable. Honestly, though, it’s a question that has vexed me. Josef asked on LinkedIn whether people would like to see...
Bambu Lab has launched the much-anticipated H2D 3D printer, a $2,799 machine that also performs laser engraving, laser cutting, and plotting. It comes with a 10W laser, while a 40W...
For the latest updates (as of March 25, 2025), see the end of this article. Desktop Metal’s future is hanging in the balance. The company, once a major player in...
The global economy is currently undergoing a reshuffling in terms of what gets manufactured where. In large part, this trend is being driven by new geopolitical alliances and the need...
