3D Printing at Scale Is an Intriguing Idea—and Harder Than It Looks. Just Ask This Bay Area Founder

Gantri’s Ian Yang has gone all-in on smart factories that can manufacture nearly 5,000 types of lamps. As he has learned, when it comes to innovation, being first is never easy ...

The Rise and Fall of a 3-D Printing Empire

Desktop Metal, a billion-dollar start-up, promised to revolutionize manufacturing. It went bankrupt, and now has much humbler ...
MIT Technology Review

Just pull a string to turn these tile patterns into useful 3D structures

Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, an MIT team has designed a technique that could transform flat panels into medical devices, habitats, and other objects without the use of tools.

Made in St. Paul: Community-made solidarity posters, at Morgan Hiscocks’ Lunalux letterpress studio

So far, Hiscocks said, the poster project has resulted in more than $3,000 in contributions to grocery funds, rent relief and other direct-support fundraisers. Designs are posted on the studio’s ...
InfoWorld

Java use in AI development continues to grow – Azul report

Java is becoming more popular for building AI applications, with 62% of respondents in Azul’s just-released 2026 State of Java Survey and Report relying on Java for AI development. Last year’s report ...
Southern Living

Designers Say Animal Print Is The New Neutral—Here’s How To Use It

Tessa Cooper is a writer who specializes in home decor and lifestyle content. She lives in Missouri in an 1886 Victorian home that she and her husband restored. Her work has appeared in House ...
Popular Science

3D printed skulls make mounting antlers less of a bloody mess

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. 3D printing is making the dirty business of mounting an animal’s ...
Scientific American

This Planet Is the Shape of a Lemon. That May Be the Least Weird Thing about It

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre lemon-shaped exoplanet orbiting a dense, rapidly spinning dead star. But those details are perhaps the least weird thing about it. Using the James Webb Space ...
The Business Journals

Billion-dollar campus outside Raleigh inks 1M-square-foot manufacturing lease

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min It's being called the largest ...
Forbes

Precision, Not Hype, Will Shape Banks’ Use Of AI In 2026

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writes about the future of finance and technology, follow for more. McKinsey predicts that while agentic AI could reduce bank unit ...
New Scientist

Mosquito proboscis repurposed as a fine nozzle for 3D printing

A severed mosquito proboscis can be turned into an extremely fine nozzle for 3D printing, and this could help create replacement tissues and organs for transplants. Changhong Cao at McGill University ...
al.com

18-acre mixed-use development taking shape off Interstate 20 in Talladega County

A new multi-use development is being planned for a site just off Interstate 20 in Talladega County. The Strand at Lincoln will take shape on 18 acres off Stemley Road in Lincoln, less than two miles ...