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Manufacturing: The new maker rules
Courtesy of The Economist. “YOU can carry your own head in your hand,” enthuses Bre Pettis, inviting customers to try out a three-dimensional photo booth that will scan their head [...]
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers Works with U.S. Army to Help Solve the Manufacturing Skills Gap
Over the next five years, there will be up to a million military personnel returning to civilian life and getting into the U.S. civilian workforce. Juxtapose this with the 600,000 [...]
Manufacturing activity
Jul 3rd 2012, 18:46 by The Economist online GLOBAL manufacturing contracted in June for the second consecutive month, according to surveys of purchasing managers by Markit and the Institute for [...]
How I Survived the Recession
Originally posted in April 2011. Four companies that are thriving after the recession, and how they are doing it. Miles Free is the Director of Technology and Industry Research for [...]
Shop Doc – Flaking in the Threads with Brass Parts
This question about Wickman threading attachments came from Bob Schneeberger of LD McCauley in Orchard Park, NY. BOB’S QUESTION: Our client needs a thin walled brass part. My screw machine [...]
Finding a Brand in Your Machine Shop
Cathy Bothe was knitting a sweater for her grandson Jack in her Kenosha, Wisconsin, home on a Sunday night in 2006, and in her words, “bitching about these crappy Chinese [...]
The Snake Cross
Among the four colored snakes (black, blue, green, and red), can you find the shortest one?
Electric Cars – How far will they go?
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Electric Cars – How far will they go?
by Paul Eisenstein A New Kind of Car Just days before the White House giveaway, in early August, Nissan Motor Co. CEO Carlos Ghosn grabbed the spotlight in Yokohama, Japan. [...]