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Debbie Sterling: Promoting STEM in the Pink Toy Aisle

Debbie Sterling Goldieblox
August 19, 2014
If you take a stroll down the “pink” aisle at the toy store, you’ll come across princesses, dress-up kits and dolls. With an abundance of these popular items, it’s no wonder research shows that girls lose interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields as early as age 8. While all of these items are a great way for girls to interact and imagine, it’s time for us to alter the way we think about toys for girls.
 
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3-D Printing — Coming to a Store Near You?

August 18, 2014
3-D printing seems to have made everyone’s shortlist of “disruptive technologies,” but the real disruption yet to materialize is at the consumer level. The desktop production facility has enjoyed a high profile for its potential to change the face of manufacturing and retailing. Like the early iteration of a miracle technology that might be seen on Star Trek, the computer-controlled devices can build real three-dimensional things right before your eyes — no assembly plant required.
 
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Trawling for Big Insight in the ‘Industrial Data Lake’

August 15, 2014
You’d need to hide yourself under a pretty large rock to avoid hearing about Big Data these days. From NASA to Netflix, organizations of all sorts and sizes are taking advantage of larger-than-life data sets to power everything from lunar modeling to color-pattern analysis.
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3D-Printed Exoskeleton Giving People with Disabilities Another Chance

July 31, 2014
When Amanda Boxtel, executive director of the Bridging Bionics Foundation, crushed her vertebrae in a skiing accident 22 years ago, she had to get used to life permanently confined in a wheelchair.

Prototyping a Social Movement with a 3D Printer

Gared Jones Points Of Light
July 29, 2014
I arrived in Lagos a few weeks ago as part of Points of Light’s partnership to support GE Garages Nigeria, an initiative through which GE is using the leading edge of its business—principles of open innovation and technologies in advanced manufacturing—to spur job growth and build entrepreneurship in Nigeria.
The launch platform in which I participated was a pop-up, three-week innovation and manufacturing center where aspiring makers, entrepreneurs, and students could go to develop new skills and learn about advanced manufacturing technologies.
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How Social Robots Will Become Part of Our Lives

Patrick Hanlon Thinktopia
July 15, 2014
We are entering a new era of technological connectivity. We already have smart products, and wearable devices, and the Internet of Things.
Now there are robots, too.

Actually, this is not new either. Robots have been used in manufacturing for the last two decades, lumbering back and forth between assembly points, dropping off raw materials, or delivering assembly parts and final products.
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Algorithms and Automation Will Give Us More Freedom and Control

Daniel Castroinformation Technology And Innovation Foundation
July 08, 2014
Thermostats that automatically adjust the heating and cooling based on a home’s occupancy. Cars that automatically brake to avoid collisions, like when a child runs into the street.
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More Robots = More Jobs

Michael C Anderson Manufacturing Engineering Media
June 13, 2014
A busload of visitors walked into one of the highly automated factories in the compound of FANUC Corp. at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Oshinomura, Yamanashi, Japan. It was the first day of a five-day Open House event in mid-April: By the end of the fifth day, over 4,000 customers will have made the trek here to see the company’s latest innovations in robots, CNCs and robomachines.
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A Brilliant Factory with 20/20 Vision

Stephan Biller GE
Marco Annunziata GE
June 10, 2014
The 2014 Big M Conference is taking place in Detroit this week, and how fitting that the future of manufacturing takes center stage in the Motor City. It was here where the modern assembly line was inspired and defined—a model for manufacturing growth and productivity.
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FDA Drilling Down on Promise and Problems of 3D Printing

June 02, 2014
For all the promise that 3D printing holds for manufacturing, the technology is fraught with uncertainty when it comes to the medical field. Looking to quell some of that concern the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will hold a two-day workshop to discuss the future of regulating 3D printed devices and procedures.
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