Nicole Hemsoth

Robots Tack New Possibilities Onto Timber Fabrication

September 30th, 2013 Comments Off

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/dezeen_ICD-ITKE-Research-Pavilion-at-the-University-of-Stuttgart-4.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="95" border="0" />Timber fabrication has almost always relied on the work of manual laborers or the mass production of single elements. While this method may be reliable, it is also largely inflexible. But ...

Michigan Racing Team Looks to Siemens for World Solar Challenge

September 26th, 2013 Comments Off

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/generation.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" border="0" />Although the University of Michigan Solar Car Team has seven American Solar Challenge wins to their name, the student-run group decided after four third place finishes in the World Solar Challenge ...

IMTS to Focus on Advanced Manufacturing in 2014

September 25th, 2013 Comments Off

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/images-10.jpeg" alt="" width="95" height="54" border="0" />Next year, the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) will be held at McCormick Place in Chicago. The show brings together great minds across the manufacturing industry so that ideas can be ...

Automation Alleviates China’s Growing Labor Shortage

September 24th, 2013 Comments Off

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Screen_shot_2013-09-24_at_11.57.19_AM.png" alt="" width="95" height="64" border="0" />Robots have been a hot topic for countries like the United States as they push themselves to be more competitive against inexpensive Chinese labor. But as their youth become less willing ...

Freescale and Oracle Collaborate for Internet of Things

September 23rd, 2013 Comments Off

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Freescale.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="71" border="0" />Freescale Semiconductor, a manufacturer of microcontrollers, microprocessors, and semiconductors, and Oracle, a computer technology company with a specialization in computer hardware and enterprise software, have collaborated in order to assist the ...

Data Management: The Missing Link to the Missing Middle

September 23rd, 2013 Comments Off

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/data_magnet.png" alt="" width="95" height="53" border="0" />Beyond being able to afford the necessary software, CFD requires substantial investments in high performance computing (HPC) infrastructure as well as the talent that would meet both hardware and software demands. ...

Senator Aims to Halt Alternative Vehicle Loan

September 20th, 2013 Comments Off

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/220px-John_Thune_official_portrait_111th_Congress.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="95" border="0" />As the United States Energy Department gears up to reinstate its advanced technology vehicles manufacturing (ATVM) loan program—the same one that backed electric car powerhouse Tesla—a prominent government figure has voiced ...

America’s Cup 2013: Winds, Wings and Supercomputers

September 20th, 2013 Comments Off

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/oracleteamusa.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" border="0" />While competitive sailing has rightly earned a reputation for taking the human body to its limits, this year the America’s Cup competitors have an extra trick up their waterlogged sleeves: supercomputers. ...

NIST Puts $7.4 Million Toward Additive Manufacturing Research

September 19th, 2013 Comments Off

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/free-bags-of-money.jpg" alt="" width="69" height="95" border="0" />As new technologies emerge every day, one in particular appears to be taking off at a much faster rate than the rest. Known as additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, the process ...

Altair Pushes CAE Boundaries with Private Cloud Appliance