Technology
Triumph of the “Glue People”
By Lloyd Graff Greg Mullins is a “glue person.” He is one of the thousands of skilled vagabonds who hit the road every day so the modern world holds together. [...]
50 Jobs in 50 Weeks
By Noah Graff For the upcoming issue, I interviewed Daniel Seddiqui, a 27-year-old native of Northern California who recently completed his quest to work 50 different jobs in 50 states [...]
Fadal and the Walkman
By Lloyd and Noah Graff Thirty years ago, the first Sony Walkman hit the market and revolutionized the portable music world. For $200 a middle class consumer was finally liberated from [...]
Gas Attack!
By Lloyd Graff It seems today that the conventional wisdom in business is wrong at least half the time. A few years ago the banking industry was built on the [...]
Mismatched Materials Produce Self-assembling Gears
There’s been a breakthrough in the production of tiny gears used in medical instruments and electronic mechanisms. July 23, the NewScientist printed an article about a new technology which enables [...]
Interview with President of Big Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. Part II
Recently Lloyd Graff interviewed Chris Kaiser, president of Big Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. They discussed Big Kaiser’s hiring philosophy and also talked about the features of two of the company’s [...]
Interview with President of Big Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc.
Recently Lloyd Graff interviewed Chris Kaiser, president of Big Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. They discussed what it takes for a niche cutting tool manufacturer to compete with large cutting tool [...]
Demonstration of Laser Marking System
Brian Bittner of Beamer Laser Marking Systems demonstrated one of the company’s products to Noah Graff, engraving a pen in about one second with a Today’s Machining World logo. He [...]
A Renaissance in Detroit
By Noah Graff Last week I went to Detroit to shoot a video spot for an advertiser of Today’s Machining World. A melancholy vibe permeated the city that I can [...]
Waterjetting in Boston
The Celtics lost for the sixth time in eight games last night. Although that may be depressing for Bostonians, it’s a lot less gloomy news than what’s going on in [...]