When you think about manufacturing, most of us probably have a fairly outdated picture in our head. There's a movement in Youngstown trying to update that mental image and perhaps give you a sense of hometown pride in the process.
"There's a lot of intelligent people in my hometown and I think people need to see that," said Zac DiVencenzo, the...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) , a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce, recently got in touch with us regarding a video they produced on how technology is revolutionizing manufacturing in small towns and cities across the U.S.
As compilers and publishers of U.S. manufacturing data since 1912, we are proud to...
NextFlex ® , America’s Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE) Manufacturing Institute, today announced that its Technology Hub’s fabrication facility in San Jose now complies with FDA manufacturing standards for medical devices.
NextFlex’s Quality System adheres to the intent of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulations for good...
The very survival of manufacturing depends on more students becoming workers in STEM -related careers. More specifically, the future needs an increase of students wanting to work in STEM in order to combat the severe outreach and recruitment challenges the manufacturing industry currently faces.
If the manufacturing industry does not address this...
A new bionic knee brace is in the works from a team that includes experts from defense contractor Lockheed Martin . Building on advances in rigid exoskeleton suits, the new brace uses soft robotic actuators and compliant materials, making it lightweight and, the researchers hope, practical to wear in certain real world use cases.
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