To help guide the development of augmented reality (AR) technology to make it as relevant and applicable as possible for an array of industrial applications, UI Labs and The Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance (AREA) have been working together to develop what they say is the world's first AR hardware and software functional requirements...

Some of the biggest names in manufacturing are collaborating to ensure the industry fully capitalises on the potential of augmented reality (AR) technologies.

Thomas McDermott, executive director of DMDII, said: “Augmented reality has immense potential to transform manufacturing, and early adopters are seeing impressive productivity and quality...

The following column is based on a speech Senator Coons delivered on March 1, 2017 at a joint event of the Senate Competitiveness Caucus and House Manufacturing Caucus on the importance of the Manufacturing USA Institute network.

Last December, the University of Delaware received a $70 million federal grant to build and sustain an institution...

In a July 2016 report, Cleveland-based MAGNET, Team NEO, the Youngstown Business Incubator and Youngstown's America Makes group issued a report on the potential for 3-D manufacturing and found ample resources and support for the growing technology in Northeast Ohio.

The Manufacturing USA network of public-private institutes “is a valid approach” that “attracts significant and meaningful participation from industry…academia, and local, state, and federal government,” a consulting company commissioned by Manufacturing USA said in a report.