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Mike Molnar: Manufacturing an Advantage in a Fiercely Competitive Global Economy

Mike Molnar National Institute Of Standards And Technology
March 31, 2015

A national network of manufacturing innovation — leveraging the resources and know-how of the private and public sectors — is helping America seize and maintain a competitive advantage.

 

Good ideas — for new products, new processes or new services — are terrible things to waste.
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The Human Touch: These Japanese Metalworkers Use Their Hands to Take 3D Printing to the Next Level

February 26, 2015
Japan is as technology rich as it is hydrocarbon poor. The country’s proven oil reserves stand at a measly 44 million barrels. (The U.S. holds nearly a thousand times more, or 36 billion.) The Niigata Prefecture, located some 200 miles northwest of Tokyo, is one of the few places in the country that had produced domestic oil, and the streets of local towns still feature many metal works and factories that once supported the industry.
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The Nuclear-Powered Jet Engine, Ceramic Turbines and Other Gems from the History of Flight

February 23, 2015
The airplane was still barely a teenager when the United States entered World War I, and the U.S. Army’s fledgling aeronautical division wanted to make its airplanes fly higher without losing power.
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T.J. Kneale: 2015 — The Rise of Democratization

T J Kneale Autodesk Inc
January 12, 2015
While Merriam-Webster tells us that “culture” was the most popular word of 2014, I predict that “democratization” will become ubiquitous in 2015.
 
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The Next Big (or Really, Really Tiny) Thing in 3D Printing

GE Look Ahead
December 23, 2014

How to print blood vessels. And apartment buildings

A wedding ring holding a piece of moon rock. Hydroponic garden structures tailored to any shape desired. Jet engine fuel nozzles. An Aston Martin template: These are but a few examples on the growing roster of 3D-printed structures that steadily made tech headlines over the past 18 months.
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Bruce Katz and Mark Muro: What States Need to Do to Grow Their Advanced Industries

Bruce Katz Brookings Institution
Mark Muro Brookings
December 22, 2014
Voters said unequivocally in this year’s midterm elections that economic growth and quality jobs are their top concerns. The divided federal government that resulted from those elections seems likely to take incremental but not transformative steps on critical economic issues. In other words, less gridlock but little impact.
 
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Chris Fox: 3D Printing to Get to Mars

Chris Fox Manufacturing Net
December 18, 2014
On a recent trip to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, the aerospace organization provided some insight to the inner-workings of spacecraft manufacturing. At the Marshall Space Flight Center, they specialize in what can best be described as, the guts of a rocket.
 
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Tackling Brain Injuries — Q&A with the NFL’s Jeff Miller

Jeff Miller Nfl
November 20, 2014
Preventing brain injury is a team sport. That’s why the NFL has teamed up with GE and Under Armour to promote some of the most innovative thinking on protecting against and diagnosing concussions.
 
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GE’s Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) Research Center

November 17, 2014
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A Short Flight for a Jet, A Giant Leap for a Jet Engine

October 10, 2014

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