LABNOTES
- FULL-COLOR-3D-PRINTING
$1.47M on Kickstarter. Here's What It Actually Proves.
218 backers. 38 paid $1 to watch. 152 paid $400 extra to feel safe. How to read the real signal inside a crowdfunding number.
2026-04-03 - HARDWARE
Soft for Hard: Why I'd Spend More on Electronics to Save on Mechanics
An FPGA costs more on the BOM. It costs less everywhere else.
2026-04-03 - HARDWARE
Chinese Hardware Didn't Lose the Brand Game. It Opted Out.
Chinese consumer hardware companies dominate global unit sales while losing the brand narrative. Western analysis treats this as a paradox. It isn't.
2026-04-02 - RESIN
Resin Printing Doesn't Fail at Layer 1. It Fails Before You Even Start.
1,080 user voices across 9 resin brands. The biggest pain point isn't print quality — it's the four workflow gates users hit before they ever see a finished part.
2026-03-31 - PRUSA MMU3 VS BAMBU LAB AMS
6 Smashed Machines vs. 0 System Failures: Why Prusa is Losing the Multi-Color War
340 data points. Prusa users want to throw their hardware out the window. Bambu Lab users just worry about their wallets. The vote is over.
2026-03-27