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Dawn Bailey
During the recent celebration of Manufacturing Day, thousands of U.S. manufacturers showcased the realities of modern manufacturing to students as a way to inspire the next generation.
The importance of this can’t be overemphasized. During the next decade, four million U.S. manufacturing jobs will…
Leah Chan Grinvald, Ofer Tur-Sinai
Cars are no longer just a means of transportation. They have become rolling hubs of data communication. Modern vehicles regularly transmit information wirelessly to their manufacturers.
However, as cars grow “smarter,” the right to repair them is under siege.
As legal scholars, we find that the…
(Aigen: Kirkland, WA) -- Aigen, an AI-driven robotics company, closed $12 million in Series A financing from leading investor ReGen Ventures along with NEA, Cleveland Avenue, Incite, and Susquehanna Private Equity Investments. The funding expands Aigen’s manufacturing capacity to meet high preorder…
(Siemens Digital Industries Software: Plano, TX) -- Siemens Digital Industries Software announced that Ricoh has begun a collaboration to realize the industrial aluminum binder jet technology (BJT) solution for mass production. Ricoh is leveraging Siemens’ Additive Manufacturing Network…
(Evident: Waltham, MA) -- The DP75 digital microscope camera breaks new ground in microscopic imaging. Users can capture brightfield or wide-wavelength fluorescence images using a single camera, eliminating the inconvenience of switching between multiple cameras.
One camera, multiple applications…
Brent Simpson
When people work for discriminatory managers, they put in less effort. That’s true whether managers are biased against them or when they’re biased in their favor, according to a new paper that Nicholas Heiserman of Oklahoma State University and I have published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour…
Adam Zewe
A quick scan of recent headlines makes it seem as if generative artificial intelligence is everywhere these days. In fact, some of those headlines may actually have been written by generative AI such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, a chatbot that has demonstrated an uncanny ability to produce text that seems…
(Dürr: Southfield, MI) -- Dürr is enabling a compact and modular construction method with a new system design for pretreatment in the painting process. EcoProWet PT is a flexible and scalable wet system for body pretreatment that takes much less space and time to build than classic immersion tanks…
(Nikon: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology-Americas has launched three new models in its VOXLS range of X-ray CT (computed tomography) systems for nondestructive inspection. The introduction of the 30 Series fills a specific need in the industry for users looking for an automation-ready system with…
Mike Figliuolo
It’s not worth getting upset over little things (or even big things) at work. Being hotheaded gets you nowhere. Just know that karma eventually works everything out.
Perspective and patience: It’s a challenge, especially in a lightning-fast business world filled with Type A’s, Cro-Magnons, and…
Tara Fortier
Measuring and keeping track of time has allowed people to plan and coordinate locally with others for millennia.
As the world has modernized and our pace of life has increased, our relationship to time has changed. Time has become a scarce commodity. The standardization of time has also become…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) researchers have developed a machine-learning framework for identifying flaws in 3D-printed products using sensor data gathered simultaneously with production, saving time and money while maintaining comparable accuracy to traditional…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is calling for participants in a new consortium supporting development of innovative methods for evaluating artificial intelligence (AI) systems to improve the rapidly growing…
Douglas C. Fair, Scott A. Hindle
Data overload has become a common malady. Modern data collection technologies and low-cost database storage have motivated companies to collect data on almost everything. The result? Data overload. Unfortunately, few companies leverage the information hidden away in those terabytes of data.
There…
Gad Allon
Amazon’s incredible growth over the years has made it a textbook example of what it means for a business to scale, going from a scrappy startup in Jeff Bezos’ garage to a multinational corporation with more than 1.5 million employees.
The retailer recently announced it’s hiring 250,000 full- and…
Chris Anderson
A cost-effective process that yields solid welds for long-term performance, resistance spot welding (RSW) remains a top joining method for a variety of structural parts. RSW was one of the first applications leveraged by robotics, and advances in robot hardware and software have enhanced it.
With…
(Hydraulic Institute: Parsippany, NJ) -- Hydraulic Institute announced the availability of two new on-demand training products developed with its educational subsidiary, Pump Systems Matter. These on-demand training products are designed to support the pump and fluid-handling industry with…
(Allegheny College: Meadville, PA) -- Allegheny College, one of the nation’s oldest and most innovative four-year colleges, has announced the expansion of the Allegheny Lab for Innovation and Creativity (ALIC) to bring workforce development and education resources into the community. In partnership…
(ClimeCo: Boyertown, PA) -- ClimeCo, a leading global sustainability company, recently leveraged its industrial and methodology expertise to lead the development of Climate Action Reserve’s (CAR) new U.S. Low-Carbon Cement Protocol. The protocol establishes a first-of-its-kind pathway to generate…
Gleb Tsipursky
In the era of hybrid work, where a combination of remote and office work is becoming more prevalent, there has been a notable transformation in the way work is perceived. Society is questioning the conventional five-day office week and replacing it with a more flexible approach. Surprisingly, it’s…
Jón Bergsteinsson
Clinical investigations play an important role in your journey of bringing a medical device to market. While the relevant standards are often perceived as difficult and complex, having a good grasp of them makes the process less confusing.
Understanding ISO 14155:2020 is essential. It’s a guide to…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Using neutrons to see the additive manufacturing process at the atomic level, scientists have shown that they can measure strain in a material as it evolves and track how atoms move in response to stress.
“The automotive, aerospace, clean energy, and tool-and-die…
(GelSight: Waltham, MA)–GelSight, a pioneer in tactile intelligence technology, presents the GelSight Mobile Shock-Protected Edition, a new, ruggedized version of the GelSight Mobile system designed to perform in the most demanding environments, from production lines to the field. The new edition…
Megan Wallin-Kerth
We all make mistakes. Despite a vigorous editing process, there may even be one in this article! Although everyone makes mistakes, not everyone owns up to them, and thus they miss an opportunity to grow, learn, and—if they appreciate and apply what they’ve learned—consistently improve the quality…
Eric Whitley
Historically, manufacturing processes have often involved substantial waste. From the early days of industrialization, companies have prioritized production speed and volume over efficient resource use. As resources seemed abundant and environmental consciousness was low, excessive waste became an…
