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Netherlands-based Rik Starmans has devised something he calls “Transparent Polygon Scanning”, or “TPS”.

Does this mean the linked article is a TPS report?

should have named it differently; I use a laser scanner with a prism instead of a mirror. A detailed description is here; https://reprap.org/wiki/Transparent_Polygon_Scanning

should have named it differently;

Don't sweat it. I would guess that the name will amplify the amount of media attention it gets.