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The intent of the Future Made in Australia Act is to build manufacturing capabilities across all sectors, which will likely lead to more demand for IT skills and services. Continue reading The Australian Government’s Manufacturing Objectives Rely on IT Capabilities
The popular pain-killing drug paracetamol, also known as acetaminophen, has always been made from chemicals derived from environmentally damaging coal tar or crude oil. Now researchers have devised a greener way of producing the drug using wood from th… Continue reading Tylenol can be made without coal tar and crude oil
Humanoid robots are entering the workforce. Following in the footsteps of Figure 01 at BMW and Digit in Amazon’s R&D facility, Apptronik’s Apollo bot is helping skilled human workers build cars for Mercedes-Benz.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, Tech… Continue reading Mercedes puts Apollo humanoid to work on the production line
Manufacturing the groundbreaking and extremely popular diabetes and weight-loss drug semaglutide – Ozempic, Wegovy – is a complex, slow process. Amid ongoing global shortages, researchers have developed a cheaper, faster method that produces ten times … Continue reading Global Ozempic shortage fix: Cheaper, faster method produces 10x more
With the proliferation of digital fabrication tools, many feel the future of manufacturing is distributed. It would certainly be welcome after the pandemic-induced supply chain kerfuffles from toilet paper to …read more Continue reading Internet of Production Alliance Wants You to Think Globally, Make Locally
Figure has signed its first commercial deal, and is sending its general-purpose humanoid robots off to start real-world work at BMW’s manufacturing plant in South Carolina. Founder and CEO Brett Adcock talks us through this rubber-meets-road moment.Con… Continue reading Figure’s humanoid robots are about to enter the workforce at BMW
[Scotty Allen] of Strange Parts is no stranger to Chinese factory tours, but this one is now our favorite. He visits the font of all WS2812s, World Semi, and takes …read more Continue reading How the WS2812 is Made
We’ve noticed an uptick in “project to product” stories lately, which seems like a fantastic trend to us. It means that hackers are turning out projects that really resonate with …read more Continue reading Taking a Public Transit Display from Project to Product
Sometimes the most interesting part of a project isn’t the widget itself, but what it teaches you about the manufacturing process. The story of the manufacturing scale-up of this Atari …read more Continue reading Lessons in Mass Production from an Atari Punk Console
Making hardware is hard. This is doubly true when you’re developing a niche hardware device that might have a total production run in the hundreds of units instead of something …read more Continue reading Supercon 2022: Carrie Sundra Discusses Manufacturing on a Shoestring Budget