Sheri Kasprzak

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Sheri Kasprzak is the managing editor for Product Design & Development.

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Revolutionary Non-Contact Thickness Measurement for Automated CNC Machining

October 6, 2026

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Powdered Eggshells Used to Make High-Quality Metal

October 6, 2026

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Kawasaki Made a Robot Cat to Care for the Elderly

October 6, 2026

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Nearly 1,400 Laid Off at Truck Factory in Ohio

October 5, 2026

US Navy Awards Raytheon $235 Million For Standard Missile-6 Production

Delivery on the missiles will occur in 2018.

January 23, 2017

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Volvo Cars Adds Skype For Business To Its 90 Series Cars

The Volvo-Microsoft partnership also explores the use of Cortana, Microsoft’s artificial intelligence.

January 3, 2017

Global Aerospace 3D Printing Market To Grow At 55.85 Percent CAGR By 2020

One of the primary drivers of the expansion is the miniaturization of jet engines.

December 8, 2016

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Powder Coating Equipment Market To Reach $2.14 Billion By 2024

The automotive industry accounted for 20.8 percent of the industry share in 2015.

November 30, 2016

Intel Commits $250 Million To Make Fully Autonomous Vehicles A Reality

These investments will drive the development of technologies that fuel connectivity, security, safety and more.

November 17, 2016

SolarCity To Open Pittsburgh And Buffalo Facilities

The Pittsburgh facility is the solar power provider’s third in Pennsylvania, joining locations in Norristown and Lancaster.

November 11, 2016

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Vampire Bat-teries: Blood Molecule Makes Lithium-Oxygen Batteries More Efficient

It’s the time of year for ghosts, goblins, and blood-draining – batteries?

October 20, 2016

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New Algorithm Could Make Autonomous Cars Smarter

The algorithm is expected to reduce training time, computational costs, and memory requirements to about 1/30th of that of conventional AI.

October 19, 2016

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Is In Hurricane Matthew’s Crosshairs

This could be the strongest storm in the space station’s 54-year history.

October 6, 2016

Was It Sabotage? ULA Reportedly Questioned In SpaceX Rocket Blast

Conspiracy theories erupted about the explosion that destroyed SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket after a report suggested sabotage could’ve been behind the blast.

October 4, 2016

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Renault-Nissan, Microsoft Partner To Develop Connected Services For Cars

The technologies developed through this partnership will allow customers to personalize their settings and transfer them from one car to another.

September 26, 2016

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Lockheed Martin Opens Bioenergy Plant In New York

Lockheed plans to use Concord Blue’s technology to convert waste into renewable energy.

September 21, 2016

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Smiling Autonomous Car Lets Pedestrians Know It’s OK To Cross

About 80 percent of pedestrians seek eye contact with a driver before crossing a busy road, but what if there is no driver?

September 19, 2016

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Can Wal-Mart’s Robotic Shopping Carts Deliver Enough Convenience To Pull Customers Away From Amazon?

Wal-Mart has filed a patent application for a robotic device that can power shopping carts and perform other tasks.

September 16, 2016

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SpaceX Shoots For November Launch Resumption, While Falcon 9 Explosion Remains A Mystery

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket burst into flames Sept. 1, destroying the vehicle and the $200 million Amos-9 satellite.

September 14, 2016