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Robot is Like A Roomba For Tennis Balls

Tennibot uses computer vision and AI technology to collect tennis balls scattered around the court.

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by Tech Insider

5.25.2018

1:43pm

Tech

News

Fleet of Autonomous Boats Could Service Cities to Reduce Road Traffic

The future of transportation in waterway-rich cities such as Amsterdam, Bangkok, and Venice -- where canals run alongside and under bustling streets and...

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by Massachusetts Institute of Technology

5.25.2018

1:39pm

PHOTOS OF THE DAY

Manufacturing Minute: 3D Printing Bicycle Tires

PHOTOS OF THE DAY

TinkerEng: Next Steps for Ladder Alert

PHOTOS OF THE DAY

NASA Mars Helicopter Technology Demonstration

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

PHOTOS OF THE DAY

Manufacturing Minute: Creating Carbon Neutral Biofuel From Green Algae

PHOTOS OF THE DAY

TinkerEng: Bringing Concept Fire Alarm Closer to Production

PHOTOS OF THE DAY

Time Lapse Shows Successful Wheat Experiment Springing to Life in Space

Image credit: NASA

PHOTOS OF THE DAY

TinkerEng: Ladder Alert

PHOTOS OF THE DAY

Video: Teaching Robots To Ask for Help

Image credit: Cornell & UC Berkeley via IEEE

PHOTOS OF THE DAY

Photos of the Day: Restoring Middle-Aged Locomotives

Norfolk Southern locomotives, one refurbished and one awaiting refurbishment, sit side-by-side at the Fort Worth GE factory. Image credit: GE Transportation

PHOTOS OF THE DAY

TinkerENG: Tryggvi Emilsson Inventor Interview Part 2

Tech

Article

Silicon Breakthrough Could Make Key Microwave Technology Cheaper and Better

Researchers using powerful supercomputers have found a way to generate microwaves with inexpensive silicon, a breakthrough that could dramatically cut costs...

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by University of Waterloo

5.25.2018

1:29pm

Economics

Article

Detroit Manufacturers Look to Diversification After Recession

A white office building stands next to a brick tower in Detroit.

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by Megan Crouse

5.25.2018

1:08pm

Operations

Article

How You Can Benefit From Sustainable Manufacturing

While sustainability often means using more environmentally friendly processes, that is only one part of the puzzle in sustainable manufacturing.

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by Megan Ray Nichols

5.25.2018

12:48pm

Product Development

Videos

Forge Presses Are Custom Made

Friends Nathan and Andrew met in Indiana where they founded their company Coal Ironworks in 2010.

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by Tech Insider

5.25.2018

11:13am

Aerospace

News

Trump Aims to Make It Easier For Companies to Get to Space

President Donald Trump is asking the government to make it easier for private companies to get to and from space.

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by Marcia Dunn, AP Aerospace Writer

5.25.2018

10:47am

Automotive

News

Fiat Chrysler Warns 4.8M Owners: Don't Use The Cruise

Fiat Chrysler is recalling 4.8 million vehicles in the U.S. because in rare but terrifying circumstances, drivers may not be able to turn off the cruise...

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by Tom Krisher, Associated Press

5.25.2018

10:37am

Product Development

News

Jury Says Samsung Must Pay $539M for Copying Parts of iPhone

A jury has decided Samsung must pay Apple $539 million in damages for illegally copying some of the iPhone's features to lure people into buying its competing...

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by Associated Press

5.25.2018

10:09am

Regulatory

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Q&A: Would Trump's Proposed Tariffs on Imported Autos Work?

"It is not my understanding that we drive Ford Escorts into battle."

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by Paul Wiseman and Tom Krisher, Associated Press

5.25.2018

10:03am

Product Development

News

MLB Panel Says Baseballs Getting Extra Lift, Cause Unknown

Baseballs really have been getting extra lift since 2015, and it's not from the exaggerated uppercuts batters are taking, according to a 10-person committee of...

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by Ronald Blum, Associated Press

5.24.2018

3:52pm

Product Development

News

McDonald's Not Ready to Let Go of Plastic Straws

McDonald's isn't ready to stop offering plastic straws, despite environmental concerns. A shareholder proposal to pressure the world's biggest hamburger chain...

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by The Associated Press

5.24.2018

3:45pm

Operations

Product Announcement

Straight and Narrow: The Kennametal Narrow Slotting Cutter

If you’ve ever struggled with inserts coming loose during a slotting operation, keep reading.

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by Kennametal

5.24.2018

3:42pm

Tech

Article

Atomic-Scale Manufacturing Now a Reality

Scientists at the University of Alberta have applied a machine learning technique using artificial intelligence to perfect and automate atomic-scale...

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by University of Alberta

5.24.2018

2:49pm

Product Development

Article

3D Printed Sugar Offers Sweet Solution for Tissue Engineering, Device Manufacturing

University of Illinois engineers built a 3-D printer that offers a sweet solution to making detailed structures that commercial 3-D printers can't.

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by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

5.24.2018

2:36pm

Operations

Article

What Manufacturers Should Do With IoT Data Once They Gather It

What do we do with all the incoming data?

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by Kayla Matthews

5.24.2018

2:27pm

Tech

News

Researchers Improve Textile Composite Manufacturing

While wearing a crisply ironed, wrinkle-free shirt makes a good impression, researchers at UBC's Okanagan campus are working to solve the issue of wrinkling...

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by University of British Columbia

5.24.2018

10:59am

Automotive

Videos

Self-Driving Cars for Country Roads

Most self-driving cars rely on 3D maps with exact positions of lanes, curbs, and signs, but most US roads haven't been mapped.

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by MIT CSAIL

5.24.2018

9:58am

Global

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China's Li Says German Companies Welcome Amid US Trade Spat

Premier Li Keqiang said Thursday that China welcomes German companies during a visit by Chancellor Angela Merkel that gives Beijing an opportunity to try to...

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by Joe McDonald, Associated Press

5.24.2018

9:48am

Economics

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BE MINE: Maker of Candy Hearts, Necco Wafers Sold at Auction

"I don't think I've ever seen anything as beautiful as the production of the Necco Wafer."

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by William J. Kole, Associated Press

5.24.2018

9:40am

Aerospace

News

Space Station Accepts Special Delivery from Virginia

The International Space Station accepted delivery Thursday of more than 7,000 pounds of supplies from Virginia.

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by Marcia Dunn, AP Aerospace Writer

5.24.2018

9:34am

Global

News

Protests Worldwide Against US Idea of Auto Import Tariffs

China, Japan and the European Union condemned Thursday the Trump administration's decision to launch an investigation into whether tariffs are needed on...

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by Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press

5.24.2018

9:17am

Economics

News

United Technologies Plans to Hire 35,000 People

United Technologies plans to hire 35,000 people and invest more than $15 billion in the U.S. over the next five years.

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by Associated Press

5.23.2018

3:18pm

Aerospace

News

Newest US Weather Satellite Has a Serious Cooling Problem

The nation's newest weather satellite, launched less than three months ago, has a serious cooling problem.

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by Associated Press

5.23.2018

3:10pm

Regulatory

News

Trump Predicts Auto Workers Will be 'Very Happy' on NAFTA

President Donald Trump is predicting that U.S. automakers and auto workers will be "very happy" with the outcome of talks over the North American Free Trade...

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by Ken Thomas, Associated Press

5.23.2018

3:03pm

Operations

Data Focus

Survey: Robots Could Smooth Over Skills Gap

Factory robots could fill the skill gap instead of, as has been infamously predicted, taking human jobs, according to new data from Epicor Software corporation.

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by Megan Crouse

5.23.2018

2:52pm

Supply Chain

News

Manufacturers That Use Ocean Shipping Have a New Problem: Cyberpirates

Pirates have always sailed the high seas, including in modern times.

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by Kayla Matthews

5.23.2018

11:51am

Tech

Videos

Spike Tool Pierces Industrial Bags To Empty Them Quickly And Easily

The Fledbag Original is a mechanical device that allows you to empty large of seeds, salt, or pellets.

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by Tech Insider

5.23.2018

11:19am

Automotive

News

Man Dies After Tesla Crashes Into San Francisco Area Pond

A man was killed when the Tesla automobile he was driving veered off a road, crashed through a fence and plunged into a pond, authorities said Monday.

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by Associated Press

5.23.2018

11:10am

Regulatory

News