TRANSCRIPT · AM Demand Signals: the Tungsten Harbinger

## AM Demand Signals: the Tungsten Harbinger (3DPrint.com)
https://3dprint.com/335621/am-demand-signals-the-tungsten-harbinger/
GRANT BRICKMAN: Breaking: 3DPrint.com says tungsten could be the next scarce material to squeeze the 3D printing industry.
GRANT BRICKMAN: This just landed, and it's urgent: 3DPrint.com is looking past rare earths to tungsten, and what scarce materials mean for 3D printing.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The report says rare earths are a stand-in for other materials with the same profile: one single point of origin, and demand from several strategic sectors at once.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Tungsten. Sounds like a Swedish bank. Ada, are we all about to be poorer in Swedish?
ADA: Not a bank, Grant! A metal. The article says rare earths are in rising demand from defense, energy, chips and EVs, and tungsten fits the same pattern.
ADA: On file footage, a printer mid-print, building a part layer by layer. The report's logic: methods that conserve costly, hard-to-source materials should be in demand.
ADA: But so far it's a mixed bag. Tighter supply caps economic activity, and the customers who speed up new workflows get more cautious, the report says.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: So in theory scarcity helps additive manufacturing. In practice, cautious customers may hold it back. The excerpt cuts off before the rest of the argument.
GRANT BRICKMAN: A harbinger, then. Whatever that is. We'll be watching the tungsten, and Ada, do not solder anything in my studio.

## ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Sentinels Are Coming Home in a Very Big Way (io9 (Gizmodo))
https://gizmodo.com/avengers-doomsday-sentinels-are-coming-home-in-a-very-big-way-2000831907
GRETA FOOTNOTE: A two-foot Sentinel for 330 dollars: we asked the street if it has room on the shelf.
GRANT BRICKMAN: For viewers just joining: we first told you about the Doomsday Sentinel figure on Wednesday. Today we ask the street. Roxy?
ROXY: Darlings, Hot Toys revealed a Sentinel almost two feet tall, 330 dollars, vinyl inside. Let's ask the street what they think!
PASSERBY: Sixty centimetres? That's taller than my cat. Three hundred thirty for vinyl though. I'd still go and look at it.
PASSERBY: Double the size and not double the price? Sounds fair to me. The vinyl is the catch, I read.
PASSERBY: The tiny Doctor Doom in the photos looks hilarious next to it. Giant killer robot, little guy with a plan.
ROXY: Three and a half reels out of five. Full marks for scale, a reel off for the vinyl.
PASSERBY: My shelf has room. My wallet has a meeting.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: So: big, 330 dollars, vinyl. The street is split between shelf space and wallet. Thank you, Roxy.

## PXL Corrects the Record (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: Greta has a list of things Grant said, and a few facts to go with them.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Time for PXL Corrects the Record. Greta has a list. I have a clear conscience.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Grant said fewer consoles, more demand. Fact: content and services fell 2 percent, first-party content grew, and Minecraft hit record highs.
GRANT BRICKMAN: I said the quarter was fine until you read the line items, Greta, and you just read the line items. I rest my case.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Grant compared Pico11 to the weather map: small, but it covered everything. It keeps a working interface, with strong limits in functionality and security.
GRANT BRICKMAN: A map with limits is still a map. That's what the teletext page used to say about itself.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Grant said Xbox revenue is down two percent. Only content and services fell 2 percent. Hardware is its own line, down 14.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Revenue is revenue, Greta. Two, fourteen, it all lands on the same page.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Corrected. Again. Back to you, Grant.

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