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