It seems that more tech innovation news happened on Feb 2 than customers getting their hands on the Apple Vision Pro or me getting some test prints from the 4-in-1-out Coaxial Hotend. 

I've just read on Fabbaloo that a company called Supernova has spun off from BCN3D and taken VLM with them. That sounds good considering BCN3D has been rather quiet on what I believe is a notable technology and the writer, Kerry Stevenson, ended the article with this:

Someday it may be that Supernova eclipses BCN3D in size, especially if manufacturers catch on to VLM.

Interestingly, this company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, which I assume is because that's where the US engineering talent pool seems to be outside of California.

They had an event and here's the things that stood out to me:

• It runs though as much as 2.5kg/hr.
• It can print 2 materials in the same layer.
• They can print in silicone's. The last time I read about 3D printing in silicone's, I heard it was quite involved (involved enough that there are a handful of companies that specialise in 3D printing silicone).
• The maximum solution price has increased from "under $50K" to "under $100K".
• They're re-opening the tech adoption programme.

There was also a short clip of the actual printer printing:

The XY resolution is 23 microns, so this must be one very high pixel-count LCD considering its size.

Now I'm looking though their website and I'm already liking the sounds of the materials. For example, the longer oligomer chains reduces undesirable biological effects:

This is important for wearable electronics, or parts that will experience a notable amount of skin contact (e.g. keyboard keys).

Then there's the filled materials in 3 flavours: ceramic, metal (such as copper) and fiber:

All 3 of these are materials I'm excited about; ceramics and copper for electronics and then magnetic fibers with Fortify's fiber-aligning tech.