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AI technology breakthroughs, research papers, patents, and technical innovations from leading AI startups.

Researchers from IMDEA Materials and UPM have developed 3D printed Nitinol metamaterials with woven structures that overcome the performance limits of metal additive manufacturing. Traditionally, addi...

QinetiQ and AMS have achieved a world-first flight using a structural component 3D printed from 98% recycled titanium. Validated on an Agusta A109S, the part reached 97% material efficiency while slas...

NASA JPL has successfully deployed the JACC monolithic titanium mechanism in orbit, achieving a 3x reduction in part count over traditional assemblies. This 500g 3D printed system integrates hinges an...

ExtraBold has secured Patent No. 7800928 for its Butler Method, a world-first configuration for robot-based pellet 3D printing. By fixing the EXF-12 print head and moving the build plate, the REX-BUTL...

Dentsply Sirona and Dreve have commenced clinical evaluations for the FDA-cleared Primeprint Direct Aligner resin. Preclinical data from the University of Ulm shows elastic recovery properties that ou...

FUGO Precision 3D has unveiled the Model A, a centrifugal system using 2,000 Gs of artificial gravity to eliminate mechanical layer-by-layer bottlenecks. This platform automates 90% of the workflow, i...

Thermwood will 3D print matched carbon-fiber drone molds live at JEC World 2026 using its 5x10 foot LSAM AP510 system. Integrating Purdue University's Additive3D software, the process simulates result...

Hypersonix Launch Systems has set a late February 2026 launch window for DART AE, the first hypersonic craft powered by a 3D-printed hydrogen scramjet engine. The SPARTAN engine leverages additive man...

Bambu Lab has officially launched its Creator Copyright Protection Plan on MakerWorld after a one-year beta period. 🛡️ The system provides automated off-platform monitoring and legal support to comba...

Tsinghua University has set a new benchmark in volumetric additive manufacturing with DISH technology. By rotating the light field instead of the resin, the system fabricates complex millimeter-scale...

Orangewood Labs has reached 1 million USD in annual revenue by deploying AI-driven robotic arms and its RoboGPT platform to over 25 industrial clients. For additive manufacturing, their natural langua...

BMW recently patented a proprietary logo-shaped security screw featuring a 4-quadrant geometry designed to block independent vehicle repairs. In response, Adafruit reverse-engineered the design direct...

Tsinghua University researchers achieved a record 0.6-second 3D printing speed for millimeter-scale objects using Digital Incoherent Synthetic Holographic Light Field (DISH) technology. With a 333 mm3...

Hiroshima University researchers have successfully 3D printed industrial-grade tungsten carbide (WC-Co) using a specialized hot-wire laser irradiation method. This technique utilizes a nickel-alloy mi...

Rady Children's Hospital has produced 2,800 3D-printed models for 2,073 patients, setting a benchmark for point-of-care manufacturing in pediatrics. This in-house lab reduces surgical time by up to 60...

CMU researchers have launched an agentic AI workflow to automate alloy printability screening for laser powder bed fusion. The system uses LLMs to orchestrate Thermo-Calc property data and physics-bas...

Researchers at Tsinghua University have achieved a record 0.6-second 3D printing speed using new DISH technology. Published in Nature, this holographic method enables a 12-micrometer resolution and a...

Hypersonix Launch Systems cleared critical vibration tests for the DART AE, the world’s first entirely 3D-printed hypersonic airframe. This 3-meter platform, designed for Mach 7, proves that metal add...

Vienna-based Flexam is shifting to a software-only model to solve the expert dependency bottleneck in multi-axis 3D printing. While hardware for robotic and 5-axis systems is mature, scaling is hinder...

Carbon now processes over 1 million parts weekly, signaling a shift from prototyping to industrial scale. Supported by 60 million dollars in funding, the company is using AI to automate design workflo...