Link dump of Tech, 3D Printing, Science

Open Sourcing multi colors. It's really cool, they use the old 2D Print color tricks on 3D printing to get several colors. This will make printing new toys with fully colors a breeze.

https://archive.ph/pIUYN https://blog.prusa3d.com/our-new-open-source-colormix-model-in-prusaslicer-and-easyprint_136079/ https://archive.ph/XNN4N https://www.notebookcheck.net/3D-printer-revolution-Prusa-ColorMix-offers-new-possibilities-for-color-printing.1311230.0.html

Holographic 3D Printing

https://archive.ph/q1jsp https://scitechdaily.com/new-holographic-3d-printing-method-is-70x-more-efficient/

Argument for faster printing

https://archive.ph/KnFzQ https://www.xda-developers.com/faster-3d-prints-came-out-cleaner-understand-default-speed-safety-net/

Automatic supports

https://archive.ph/KnUQo https://www.sovol3d.com/blogs/news/auto-support-generation-in-3d-printing-what-s-actually-smart-and-what-still-needs-you

Erasable resin works

https://archive.ph/hoxNO https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/recyclable-resin-high-precision-3d-printing

Exploring some of the health hazards of 3D printing

https://archive.ph/gY6oV https://hackaday.com/2026/05/20/investigating-the-health-impacts-of-ufps-and-vocs-from-fdm-printers/

Printing muscles for robots. The springs are used for a specific motion and that's it.

https://archive.ph/cDh48 https://newatlas.com/robotics/3d-printing-robots-human-like-muscles/

Pinball table with modifiable parts.

https://youtu.be/r7c_iTuHRgs https://archive.ph/2Y8IH https://hackaday.com/2026/05/25/3d-printing-space-cadet-pinball-into-the-real-world/ https://archive.ph/0rqcw https://nichegamer.com/space-cadet-pinball-gets-real-life-version/

Making circuit boards

https://archive.ph/VeSYE https://hackaday.com/2026/05/19/using-3d-printers-to-make-circuit-boards/

Placing a special layer on your print without using a giant vat.

https://archive.ph/bHFSZ https://hackaday.com/2026/05/18/electroplating-3d-prints-without-requiring-a-big-vat/

3D printed Hydro electric power system

https://archive.ph/cmA6o https://interestingengineering.com/energy/3d-printed-turbines-for-hydropower-plants

Multicolor prints using mixing styles they used for comics and newspapers back in the day.

https://archive.ph/dNiWH https://all3dp.com/4/colorstack-turns-game-assets-and-3d-scans-into-full-color-fdm-files-for-10/

Industrial sized 3D printers for your garage

https://archive.ph/PtfBr https://all3dp.com/4/can-erectorbot-aibuild-make-large-format-3d-printing-as-easy-as-desktop/

3D Printing Recycled glass

https://archive.ph/F3yLV https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/innovative-startup-pioneers-3d-printing-with-recycled-glass-new-binder-jet-process-combines-powder-with-adhesive-agent-in-layering

Bambu Labs threatened to sue a fan made hack. He now has funding for legal defense. It also made the project even more popular.

https://archive.ph/y60SP https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/louis-rossmann-tells-3d-printer-maker-bambu-lab-to-go-bleep-yourself-over-its-lawsuit-against-enthusiast-right-to-repair-advo https://archive.ph/IoZxU https://all3dp.com/4/bambu-lab-took-down-an-orcaslicer-fork-and-handed-it-a-bigger-audience/ https://archive.ph/7Nfaf https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/bambu-labs-go-f-yourself-3d-printing-company-currently-under-fire-for-reportedly-blocking-3rd-parties-from-its-software-legal-thre https://archive.ph/UNHQu https://all3dp.com/4/bambu-labs-bind-open-source-license-fight-has-a-new-and-very-serious-opponent/ https://archive.ph/QC4Ry https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/open-source-non-profit-claims-bambu-lab-violated-license-move-follows-cease-and-desist-demand-on-orcaslicer-fork-that-r

3D printing with granules instead of filament is becoming possible.

https://archive.ph/r7k42 https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/direct-fdm-printing-with-granules/

3D printed pure copper elements may take down the power and heat requirements for AI servers to manageable levels.

https://archive.ph/MoBCV https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/3d-printed-copper-cold-plates https://archive.ph/Uem6A https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/3D-Printed-Copper-Plates-Could-Cut-Data-Center-Cooling-Energy-Use-by-97.html

Computers

Microsoft released x86-DOS for open source. They used printed documents to get the code to create it.

https://archive.ph/EBruU https://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/this-historic-os-was-not-stored-digitally-so-a-fleet-of-historians-have-transcribed-the-source-code-f

New chip may increase computing power

https://archive.ph/imqbB https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260530053412.htm

New laptop processor

https://archive.ph/jAR1x https://www.theverge.com/news/940275/nvidia-n1x-laptop-processor-arm-microsoft-teaser

GPU mining software is sneaking into your PC

https://archive.ph/DV2pr https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-warns-gpu-mining-malware-is-being-spread-to-users-through-seo-poiso

Integrated Cooling Methods

https://archive.ph/FtSFC https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/sk-hynix-builds-innovative-cooling-solution-inside-a-3d-stacked-memory-chip

Xerox invented the GUI

https://archive.ph/7ywoF https://www.generationamiga.com/2026/05/25/how-xerox-invented-the-gui-and-watched-apple-and-microsoft-win/

New hacking device Flipper is a Linux computer

https://archive.ph/Vc3lV https://www.theverge.com/tech/935202/flipper-devices-one-zero-wireless-multi-tool-linux-open-source-computer

New Quantum computing chip

https://phys.org/news/2026-05-chip-quantum-imperfections.html

New memory is faster than DRAM

https://archive.ph/EcrOv https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/laser-driven-spintronic-memory-device-switches-1-000-times-faster-than-dram-non-volatile-device-switches-in-40-picoseco

First fluid circuit

https://archive.ph/U9GWo https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/prototype-of-the-worlds-first-fluid-circuit-board-can-be-physically-rewired-in-less-than-a-minute-sta

Computer made of Brian neurons

https://archive.ph/3ntUE https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-build-a-living-ai-device-using-real-brain-cells/

Windows now has an XBox mode

https://archive.ph/e1VZh https://www.xda-developers.com/microsofts-xbox-mode-finally-turned-my-gaming-pc-into-a-console-and-im-not-going-back-to-the-desktop-launcher/

Using photons instead of electrons to compute

https://phys.org/news/2026-05-physicists-hybrid-particles-interact-strongly.html

RAM is 75 years old

https://archive.ph/3ylJB https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/jay-forrester-filed-the-first-practical-ram-patent-75-years-ago-this-week

Because bit rates change how a video is seen, some guy made a video that is different depending on if it's 1080p, 720p, or 360p

https://archive.ph/L3oDN https://hackaday.com/2026/05/10/hacked-video-file-holds-multiple-films-on-youtube/

A computer smaller than a credit card

https://archive.ph/axPEL https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/going-just-0-5-mm-thicker-would-probably-have-saved-me-months-of-engineering-redditor-crafts-actual-credit-card-sized-compute

Science

A brain plays Doom

https://phys.org/news/2026-05-brain-cells-play-doom.html

New light based quantum chips

https://phys.org/news/2026-05-tiny-chip-circuit-power-generation.html

Embryos in space

https://archive.ph/UTb8p https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/china-launches-human-artificial-embryos-to-space-in-bid-to-see-whether-reproduction-is-possible-off-w

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– AlfredicEnglishRules [S] 1 point 7 days ago +1 / -0

Yeah, the color thing for printers and how Bambu Labs seems to be fighting it is very interesting. Basically, in TableTop the centerpiece is figures you buy and paint. If you can print out what you want in fully color then the entire industry goes under. So, they claim it's Guns but really it's stuff like Battletech and WarHammer. Heck, the toy industry in general. I think I even have articles on printing stuff like CPUs. Imagine printing a Wii or PS2 and you have a good idea what is happening.

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– cccpneveragain 1 point 7 days ago +1 / -0

Yeah I hadn't kept up with the politics of it all. I have a Bambu Lab but I sort of bought it knowing those downsides but wanting the modeling and testing learning over worrying about printer politics. I'm mostly interested in building functional things, with the longer term thought being able to design and replicate plastic car parts or something like that, or just functional items. My desk is a lot cleaner now that I basically made a lot of the features of that fancy Herman Miller desk in another post myself. I might try out FreeCAD from one of your links so I can get off Fusion on Windows.

I can totally see where the toy industry would be pissed. I don't know a ton about tabletop (I thought it was book, some special dice, and imagination myself). If those little figures are super important then yeah they will soon become trivial to 3D print. I was already looking if my nephew comes here this summer he likes chess and you can pick from tons of different chess sets or we could make our own design. I bet I could make functional tabletop figures with the simple budget setup I have already. I just haven't tried any such things.

D&D doesn't need it unless you go a little more hardcore. Warhammer has it as a requirement. Games Workshop is always trying to stop 3D print sites from exact replicas.

Makes me more happy I like playing cards then where the investment of consumption is low. I see some of this sometimes and I guess normal non-pozzed people still play these tabletop games but I never got into it. Made me think though, I play things like poker, and that's the same idea in general. Math game with friends at least.