digital manufacturing

The Handyman Can

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMR_DIY02_small.jpg" alt="" width="94" height="46" />Is there a parallel between the loss of skilled craftsmanship in the U.S. and the decline of the manufacturing sector? NCMS's Matt ...Full Article

Build an Adirondack Style Chair

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/chair2_small.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="81" />Software from Autodesk used in digital manufacturing helps DIY woodworker design, optimize and create the perfect chair for lounging on a summer ...Full Article

Cartoon: DMR DIGITS

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMRdigits_Aug._3_2012_cropped.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="92" />MIT reports that its mechanical engineers are developing an ‘intelligent co-pilot’ for cars; a semiautonomous system that takes the wheel to keep ...Full Article

The Topic of Lean Manufacturing: Part 3

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/OpExcel_Pict_cropped.jpg" alt="" width="85" height="95" />In the third of this three part series, Tim Egloff asks the highly pertinent question, are you driving continuous improvement? If this ...Full Article

Comeback Country

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMR_OlympicUniforms_small.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="53" />Lawmakers are steamed by the revelation that the U.S. team’s Olympic uniforms were made in China. But America’s embrace of digital manufacturing ...Full Article

Higher Productivity, Lower Costs And Integration In Sheet Metal Solutions

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Lantek_integrated_image_small.jpg" alt="" width="96" height="135" />Sheet metal and structural steel manufacture is a niche activity and requires specialist tools and software. <br />Full Article

New GE Battery Brings Major Technological Advances to Cell Tower Backup

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/cell-towers.jpg" alt="" width="90" height="76" />These impressive batteries rely on halides, a chemical reaction between electrically charged sodium and nickel compounds and can be recharged as many ...Full Article

HPC Clouds – An Opportunity Not Just for the “Missing Middle”

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Callaway_CFD.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="61" />The on-demand availability of HPC resources “in the cloud” with a pay-as-you-go payment model is a great opportunity for small and medium ...Full Article

Is Transportation Still the Key to an Economic Boom?

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Gold_Train_small.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" />Will a high speed rail line proposed by Amtrack revitalize economic development in the Northeast? It's a grand plan, but it comes ...Full Article

CAE in the Cloud – New Business Opportunities for Manufacturers and ISVs

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/cloud_is_the_key.jpg" alt="" width="96" height="63" />This article from our sister publication, <em>HPC in the Cloud</em>, investigates how breaking CAE jobs free from the restrictions of the workstation ...Full Article