9 Best Articles in 2021
Forbes
Digital Transformation Will Change Manufacturing As We Know It
Forbes
4 min read · 67 saves · 2020-02-27 · Turning the challenges of manufacturing into new opportunities for success with digital transformation.
Timothy McSweeney
I’m a Google Manufacturing Robot and I Believe Humans Are Biologically Unfit to Have Jobs in Tech
Timothy McSweeney
2 min read · 195 saves · From 2017 · I, a manufacturing robot at Google Factory C4.7, value diversity and inclusion. I also do not deny that machines are sometimes given preference to ...
Cointelegraph
Firm To Map Out Manufacturing Capacity Worldwide With New Blockchain-based Ecosystem
Cointelegraph
4 min read · 90 saves · From 2018 · A new Blockchain platform wants to boost productivity in manufacturing by mapping out spare capacity through smart devices.
MIT Technology Review
Inside China’s effort to replace millions of manufacturing workers with robots
MIT Technology Review
~13 min read · 46 saves · From 2016 · Can China reboot its manufacturing industry—and the global economy—by replacing millions of workers with machines?
mp.weixin.qq.com
How E-Commerce Is Driving Technological Innovation in Manufacturing
mp.weixin.qq.com
78 saves · 2019-10-21 · China’s e-commerce platforms are eager to expand into manufacturing. In their efforts to work more closely with factories, NetEase, Pinduoduo and Alibaba have adopted different approaches, which this article from tech media platform Huxiu.com compares, detailing successes, failures, and ongoing challenges. Anyone interested in digital collaborations and the expanding reach of the tentacles of Chinese internet companies will find this report informative.
World Economic Forum
Making Manufacturing Sustainable by Design
World Economic Forum
30 saves · 2019-12-15 · Although more than 50% of the world’s total energy is consumed by manufacturing-related activities, advanced manufacturing technologies offer companies dramatic opportunities to boost productivity and…
WIRED
Dr. Elon & Mr. Musk: Life Inside Tesla's Production Hell
WIRED
221 saves · From 2018 · Unfettered genius. Unpredictable rages. Here's what it was like to work at Tesla as Model 3 manufacturing ramped up and the company's leader melted down.
theicct.org
Effects of battery manufacturing on electric vehicle life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions
theicct.org
2 min read · 80 saves · 2019-11-05 · The production of electric cars is increasing worldwide, resulting in lower greenhouse gas emissions. But manufacturing lithium-ion batteries produces significant CO2, and mining the needed metals creates additional environmental issues. Governments are considering constructing greener electrical grids and recycling programs to extend battery life cycles, but available data is fragmented. This briefing by the International Council on Clean Transportation urges people to look beyond electric vehicles and discover ways to build a better battery.
smallcapvoice.com
9-18-19 SmallCapVoice Interview with IIOT-OXYS, Inc. (ITOX)
smallcapvoice.com
241 saves · 2020-07-03 · ITOX provides actionable mission critical insights for the Medical/Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Defense, and Structural Health, and other industries.
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Axios
Varda Space raises $9 million for manufacturing in space
Axios
1 min read · 12 saves · 2020-12-08 · Varda Space's funding shows that investors are starting to get on board with the idea of manufacturing in space.
In Coronavirus
The Wall Street Journal
How Pfizer Delivered a Covid Vaccine in Record Time: Crazy Deadlines, a Pushy CEO
The Wall Street Journal
~16 min read · 50 saves · 2020-12-12 · Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla and his team overcame unproven science and manufacturing bottlenecks to develop a Covid-19 vaccine in record time. But the effort put severe strain on the company’s managers…
smartdatacollective.com
Cloud Technology Revamps the Manufacturing Sector
smartdatacollective.com
3 min read · Jan 11th · Ryan Kh · The manufacturing sector is going to be responding to major changes in cloud technology for years to come.
The New York Times
Johnson & Johnson Expects Vaccine Results Soon but Lags in Production
The New York Times
~12 min read · 27 saves · Jan 13th · The U.S. needs J.&J.’s one-shot vaccine more than ever. But the company is behind on manufacturing promises made in its Operation Warp Speed contract.
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Quartz
Japanese white-collar workers are already being replaced by artificial intelligence
Quartz
1 min read · 90 saves · From 2017 · Automation isn't just about manufacturing and transportation.
en.wikipedia.org
Manufacturing Consent
en.wikipedia.org
5 min read · 10 saves · From 2017 · For other uses, see Manufacturing Consent (disambiguation). Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (1988), by…
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3dprintingmedia.network
Italian hospital saves Covid-19 patients lives by 3D printing valves for reanimation devices
3dprintingmedia.network
2 min read · 127 saves · 2020-03-15 · Many have been asking what the implications of the current Covid-19 pandemic are going to be on additive manufacturing as an industry. The relationship between coronavirus and 3D printing is not entirely clear, mostly because we are very far from understanding what the long, medium and even short terms implications of the pandemic are going to be on global supply chains. Additive manufacturing may be able to play a role in helping to support industrial supply chains that are affected by limitations on traditional production and imports. One thing is for sure though: 3D printing can have an immediate beneficial
Brookings Institution
Is Manufacturing “Cool” Again?
Brookings Institution
4 min read · 18 saves · From 2013 · Martin Baily and James Manyika discuss the role that valuable characteristics now being associated with manufacturing-related fields—such as a encouraging entrepreneurship and innovative problem…
MIT Technology Review
How AI will revolutionize manufacturing
MIT Technology Review
~16 min read · 63 saves · 2020-09-29 · Ask Stefan Jockusch what a factory might look like in 10 or 20 years, and the answer might leave you at a crossroads between fascination and bewilderment. Jockusch is vice president for strategy at…
The New Yorker
The Man Who Broke the Music Business
The New Yorker
87 saves · From 2017 · How an employee at a CD-manufacturing plant became the Patient Zero of Internet piracy.
The Verge
Microsoft kills off Kinect, stops manufacturing it
The Verge
2 min read · 46 saves · From 2017 · Microsoft is finally admitting Kinect is truly dead. After years of debate over whether Kinect is truly dead or not, the software giant has now stopped manufacturing the accessory. Fast Co Design...
