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Shaping the future US bioeconomy through safety, security, sustainability, and social responsibility
… Shaping the future US bioeconomy through safety, security, sustainability, and social responsibility … Shaping the future US bioeconomy through safety, security, sustainability, and social responsibility The promise of the bioeconomy Bioindustrial manufacturing will be one of the most important technologies of the 21st … companies and researchers are conceptualizing the norms that should govern the field, to include safety, security, sustainability, and social responsibility – what we have termed ‘4S Principles’ – so that the future of the field may provide the greatest benefits to society. …
President Biden made advanced manufacturing a major policy priority during his campaign, including calling for a significant expansion of manufacturing programs to reach 50 communities through new manufacturing-technology hubs. Expanded manufacturing programs will invest in our nation’s long-term competitive innovation capacity. However, building these programs successfully requires a thoughtful and practical implementation plan. This memo presents two categories of recommendations to improve the U.S. advanced-manufacturing ecosystem: 1. Improve the existing Manufacturing USA institutes. Some
… says. “They needed a programmer who could code for them and help their customers code to fulfill their photonic chip designs.” Aeon compares how electronic chips and photonic chips work. Electronic chips, which are about the size of a human thumbnail, run on electricity and interact with software and hardware to control the …
… NextFlex Focuses on Unlocking New Sensor Applications, Increasing Data Accuracy, and Untethering Patients … NextFlex Focuses on Unlocking New Sensor Applications, Increasing Data Accuracy, and Untethering Patients Collecting patient data at regular intervals and more frequently than, say, an annual visit, can create what NextFlex refers to as a “personal baseline” for any given patient. What is important is not one’s heart rate or blood pressure compared to a global average that blends age, ethnicity, diet, …
… ensuring that our future is made in all of America by American workers, also strengthens domestic manufacturing by directing Federal agencies to buy more American-made products. My Administration has also called for historic investments in making our supply chains more resilient as well as … turbines to electric vehicles and that they are made in the United States with clean, American-made materials. The Federal Government is a major buyer in markets for goods and services. One of the most effective ways to support and grow American companies, put more Americans to work, and to strengthen American manufacturing is to buy American. My Administration is making the biggest enforcement change to the Buy American Act in 70 years, raising the amount of domestic …
Carbon fiber has the potential to change industries around the world. Lighter cars, compressed gas storage and stiffer, more efficient wind turbines are examples of its many uses. In the past, large-scale use of the product was stifled by cost and volume limitations. Not anymore. Thanks to a recent breakthrough at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), scientists have discovered how to produce the carbon using a low-cost input material — the same acrylic fiber found in carpets, socks and shirts — instead of carefully processed, more expensive specialty fiber. The carbon is produced through
… and companies like New Balance, VF, Bose, and 3M are seeking ways to use the technology in their products. “AFFOA is helping cutting-edge basic research to reach market-ready scale at unprecedented velocity,” says Yoel Fink, CEO of AFFOA and a professor of materials science and … process development across multiple markets simultaneously.” Fink says that AFFOA’s work is unleashing a “Moore’s Law for fibers,” wherein the basic functions of fibers will grow exponentially in the coming years, allowing companies to develop value-added fabric and composite products and …
… Revolutionizing Transportation with Additive Manufacturing IACMI (the composites institute) member, Local Motors, is applying the advantages of additive manufacturing to the large-scale needs of automotive manufacturing. Transforming an industry that has historically relied on mass production techniques, its work is matching the pace of technology discovery and responding to quickly changing customer needs for transportation and other mobility devices for a new generation, all while dramatically reducing production time and costs. The Need …
… and other stakeholders to test applications of new technology, create new products, reduce cost and risk, and enable the manufacturing workforce with the skills of the future. For more information about SXSW and to register, please visit: …
… master collaborator, trailblazer Matt’s job is to herd robots. Well, not exactly, but he is trying to align companies that build robotics to use the same free, open-sourced operating system so manufacturers can easily use robotics equipment from different vendors. He leads a critical effort in the world of automation and robotics, which is to grow the use of a non-proprietary, or common, … automation became a real passion, and it has been an exciting journey to continue that for many types of industries in my current role. What is the most challenging part of your job? Managing expectations. There is always a sense that many things are solved, but the devil is in the …