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Research and Tech
‘Robot, Make a Chair’
Adam Zewe
Computer-aided design (CAD) systems are tried-and-true tools used to design many of the physical objects we use each day. But CAD software requires extensive expertise to master, and many tools incorporate such a high level of detail that they don’t lend themselves to brainstorming or rapid prototyping. In an effort to make design faster and more accessible for nonexperts, researchers from MIT…
Improvement Tools
5 Meeting Rules to Regain a Full Workday Each Week
Joe Curcillo

Most leaders you meet are losing almost a full workday every week to meetings that go nowhere. Same people. Same topics. Same problems. No real movement.

You’ve seen it in boardrooms and job trailers: different settings, but the same pattern. The problem isn’t meetings; it’s that your meetings are built for silos, not for the whole business. Everyone shows up to speak for their…

QMS and Standards
What FDA Investigators Will Look for Under QMSR
Matt McFarlane

The medical device industry is counting down to an important deadline: On Feb. 2, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s new Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR) formally replaces the Quality System Regulation (QSR).

Although the full text of the QMSR has been available for some time, there are still questions around inspections under QMSR. The FDA is retiring the…

Manufacturing
Robots Spare Warehouse Workers the Heavy Lifting
Zach Winn

There are some jobs human bodies just weren’t meant to do. Unloading trucks and shipping containers is a repetitive, grueling task—and a big reason warehouse injury rates are more than twice the national average.

Pickle Robot Co. wants its machines to do the heavy lifting. The company’s one-armed robots autonomously unload trailers, lifting boxes weighing up to 50 lb and putting…

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Designing for Serviceability
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One Less Risk
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AtomForm Unveils Palette 300
(MOVA Group: Vienna) -- AtomForm, part of the MOVA Group of companies, has unveiled the Palette 300…
3 Questions: How AI Could Optimize the Power Grid
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- Artificial intelligence has captured headlines recently for its rapidly…
US Manufacturers Focus on Efficiency and Automation Amid Record Confidence Levels
(Sikich: Chicago) --Sikich, a professional services company specializing in consulting, technology…
Gatework Launches New Wi-Fi HaLow Module
(Gateworks: San Luis Obispo, CA) -- Gateworks Corp. has announced its newest Wi-Fi HaLow M.2 module…
Panaya Launches Agentic Layer for ERP, CRM, and Enterprise Apps Testing and Change Delivery
(Panaya: Hackensack, NJ) -- Panaya, a leading enterprise testing and impact analysis platform, has…
International Microtechnology Trade Fair
(Micronora: Besançon, France) -- Micronora, a leading international microtechnology and high…
Caterpillar Presents an AI-Powered Future and Invests in the Workforce Building It
(Caterpillar: Irving, TX) -- Caterpillar unveiled a set of AI-powered and autonomous innovations…
NIST Expands Collaboration With MITRE
(MITRE: McLean, VA; Bedford, MA) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has…
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