Short reads on emerging technology, materials science, and the startups building what comes next — written for people who want the substance without the hype.
How Voltage Vessels turned basalt volcanic rock into Eclipse X9 — a recyclable composite it 3D-prints into boats, buoys, and drone parts on Maui.
Read →How Holovast, a London startup, turns approved know-how into governed, step-by-step AR work instructions — guiding operators through critical assembly and capturing a time-stamped Proof of Assembly for every unit built.
Read →How RePlastic Recycle’s AI sorting system captures and processes an island’s recyclable plastic at industrial speed — more than 60 picks a minute — and molds it into recycled-polymer lumber, pavers, and blocks that outlast tropical wood.
Read →How Arfinio — a poured solid surface from Covestro and Arcesso Dynamics — molds into shapes stone never could, at under half the weight, with damage you sand out in place.
Read →How EOS and its Texas sister company ALM — the industrial 3D printers and the 50-plus polymer and metal grades behind them — are becoming the manufacturing backbone of domestic drone production.
Read →How Triton Group turns the messiest mixed scrap plastic into a glass-reinforced composite railroad tie engineered to outlast oak by decades — and keep creosote out of the ground.
Read →How X2F closes the gap between a 3D-printed prototype and a real production part — by 3D-printing the mold insert, not the part, to mold real production plastics for bridge production.
Read →How Bucket Robotics turns a CAD file into a factory-floor quality inspector — no training photos required — and why motion-plastics leader igus is in the picture.
Read →Inside the Color Lab where the iMac’s translucent “Life Saver” palette was born — a landmark color, material, and finish story, and why it matters again in 2026.
Read →A Pittsburgh additive manufacturer is betting that domestic drone production will be won on the factory floor, not the drawing board.
Read →How Sensi Fit — a Pittsburgh startup founded by a former academy soccer player — uses markerless laser tracking to measure the cutting, planting, and change of direction that actually decide field-sport performance.
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