A new National Academies study will consider the challenges the U.S. is facing in maintaining its global leadership position in science and technology. It will encompass such matters as protecting research from exploitation, managing international exchanges, and promoting domestic technology commercialization.
A new National Academies study...
Lightweighting isn’t new to the auto industry, but it’s finally mature enough to make a significant impact on manufacturers, drivers and the whole planet.
Even if you’re not a car aficionado, you can see why the Chevy Corvette C2—aka the Stingray—is revered among the pantheon of American automotive manufacturing. Sleek. Classy. And fast. Really...
A cutting-edge multi-project wafer (MPW) facility at AIM Photonics , a Manufacturing USA institute, in Rochester, New York, is nearly ready to roll.
Officials said last week that the delayed Test, Assembly, and Packaging (TAP) site will begin services for customers next month. The TAP facility is a core element of the $600 million-plus silicon...
The photonics market is crucial to a number of emerging and evolving industries that depend on its rapid growth and innovation. Forecasts predict that innovations in photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology will drive industry growth from $10 billion to over $100 billion by 2025. To successfully reach the industries that will benefit from this...
An important question circling around manufacturing right now is how job shops and other producers will address the skills gap that is expected to hit the industry with a shortage of two million workers in the next ten years. Two proposed answers, not mutually exclusive, are robots and education.
At a recent seminar on robotization in...
