Category: Technology (Manufacturing & Construction))
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A Simple Graph Showing the American Manufacturing Worker Is Suddenly an Incredible Bargain
Atlantic: Showing the American Manufacturing Worker Is Suddenly an Incredible Bargain This month's Atlantic magazine predicts that we are on the verge of a U.S.-based manufacturing renaissance, as companies see the advantages to making more goods at home, such as more control over the final product, lower energy costs from moving goods across an ocean,…
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The Insourcing Boom
Atlantic: The Insourcing Boom After years of offshore production, General Electric is moving much of its far-flung appliance-manufacturing operations back home. It is not alone. An exploration of the startling, sustainable, just-getting-started return of industry to the United States. … What has happened? Just five years ago, not to mention 10 or 20 years ago, the…
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3D printing vending machine automates the invention process
Dvice: 3D printing vending machine automates the invention process "The popularity of 3D printing has exploded, but even as prices for the devices have fallen, not everyone is prepared or able to shell out the cash necessary start experimenting. But what if there was a 3D vending machine that made experimenting quick and easy, without…
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3D printing: The hype, the hopes, the hurdles
CNET: 3D printing: The hype, the hopes, the hurdles At the Techonomy conference, industry leaders discuss the future of three-dimensional printing — and how the technology will change markets forever. MARANA, Ariz. – Three-dimensional printing: hype, or hope? That's the question industry leaders sought to answer at the Techonomy conference here in the sunny greater…
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7 Amazing Ways Nanotechnology Is Changing The World
Pop Sci: 7 Amazing Ways Nanotechnology Is Changing The World Tiny nanoparticles are a huge part of our lives, for better or for worse. “Everything, when miniaturized to the sub-100-nanometer scale, has new properties, regardless of what it is,” says Chad Mirkin, professor of chemistry (and materials science, engineering, medicine, biomedical engineering and chemical and…