Lumafield gets top startup nod. REGO-FIX opens new Center for Machining Excellence. Stratasys partners with aerospace giants. America Makes and SwRI launch AM-focused defense initiatives. Leadership updates and other news from Mazak, Starrett, and more.
The drape. The cream rises to the top. ML in photovoltaics. Toy production coming back stateside? Dashboard wine.
They've Got the CHIPs. Data witness protection. Robot whisperers need not apply. Bulletproof - Nothing to lose! VTEC just kicked out Nissan, Yo!
ISO 10218 (2025) patch notes. Toyota's woven city. EV d'Elegance. AM201: metal 3D printing. Concert makes the stage.
Apple's big bite. FANUC's playing 4D chess. Microsoft's quantum leap. Lifelong learning. Text-to-CAD.
While NFL teams usually limit their rookies鈥 play, quarterback Jayden Daniels led the perpetually inept Washington Commanders deep into the playoffs and rewrote record books. His secret? Virtual reality training. Imagine what it can do for manufacturing.
Just as early humans鈥 original tools were constrained by their power sources, today鈥檚 modern technological advances are limited by their access to sufficient and reliable supplies of electricity.
New technologies don鈥檛 appear with the speed and certainty of throwing a switch. They grow, evolve, and then seem to emerge.
New technology is a growth engine for manufacturing, but change risks disruption and enormous costs. Incrementally rolling out new equipment and software using technology testbeds helps refine and optimize processes before production deployment.
Episode 129: Steve shares some updates with the testbed鈥檚 vision system. The Tech Friends discuss how to handle the snow and their 2025 goals. Elissa reports Italy鈥檚 efforts in 3D printing using marble waste.