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RoboBee Could Be Used to Pollinate Plants
Albert Einstein once predicated that without bees man would have only four years left on the planet. But mechanical engineer Robert Wood and graduate student Kevin Ma might disagree. The two engineers and their Harvard-based team have created a small robot no bigger than a house fly. The tiny robot, half the size of a paper clip and weighing only …
Manufacturing Growth Holds Less Promise for Women
Today in the United States more women graduate college, they make up nearly half of the working population, and one-third of women out-earn their spouse. So why are women losing their footing in the manufacturing sector? A report released this week by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., vice chair of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) seeks to answer this …
World’s biggest 3D Printing Store Opens in London
If you ever wondered what the next-generation FedEx or OfficeMax might look like then the new 2,500 square-foot iMakr store in Central London might be it. The bright loft space is filled with a variety of 3D printers, like the $1,000 Solidoodle and the Makerbot Replicator 2, costing close to $3000. There are hands-on workshops where curious shoppers can learn …
Keeping Pace with China’s Shifting Economy
Ten years ago the United States had it made in China, literally and figuratively. Back then, manufacturing in China cost 25 to 30 percent less than it did in the U.S. But times are changing. By 2015, outsourcing manufacturing to China will be just as costly as manufacturing in the U.S., that according to consulting firm AlixPartners. Wage inflation, exchange-rate …
A Different Beat: Transforming Used Products into New Ideas
Even if you’ve never wondered what happens to all the dented, splintered and broken drumsticks of the world, it’s nice to know that two creative Japanese companies have come up with a way to re-use the detritus of drummers. Tokyo’s Noah Sound Studio, a chain of music studios used for rehearsal and recording, provides the cast-off sticks, and Miidori, a …
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Designing for Reliability: Why a Closed-Loop Process Works Best
Product reliability goes a long way toward ensuring customer loyalty. When products fail we feel annoyed and inconvenienced – or worse. If failure results in injury or even loss of life, the response is outrage and the impact to the manufacturer can be incredibly damaging. Consider the lawsuit Toyota found itself dealing with after acceleration problems caused crashes, injuries and …
4D Printing: Making Things That Make Themselves
Just as 3D printing is starting to be recognized by people outside of the engineering and design world, something new is on the scene – 4D printing. What is 4D printing and how does it work? I’ll explain, but first, a bit of background… Engineers and product designers have come to rely on 3D printing as a way to build …
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The New Manufacturing Lifecycle: An Interview With Jim Hepplemann
In 2012, the World Economic Forum, in conjunction with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Unlimited, published a report titled “The future of manufacturing. Opportunities to drive economic growth.” It posed the question, “Does Manufacturing Still Matter?” The report provided the following statistics and information on the trend of the global manufacturing industry: “Manufacturing’s share of global value added has declined steadily over …
Don’t Worry; Today’s Kids Are Smarter Than You Think
Quick – what is the temperature at which water boils? Correct, 100 degrees. But what about in Fahrenheit? Yes, 212. But did you know this when you were seven years old? Last weekend, my son and husband went to a cryogenics workshop at H3XL in Burlington, MA. And the second- and third-graders in that class were able to rattle off …
Built-In Vacuum Trumps Everything at New York Auto Show
This week’s New York International Auto Show had all the usual suspects: fantastic electric and hybrid models, new software, even Jerry Seinfeld’s 1964 Porsche 911 made it onto the show floor. But by far and away the most impressive, the most innovative, the most fantastic, was Honda’s 2014 Odyssey minivan, which, wait for it… comes with the world’s first ever …
