Covering Scientific & Technical AI | Thursday, July 9, 2026
CD-adapco Support Develops a Digital Assistant
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/CD-a_Steve250.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="62" />CD-adapco support goes digital with Steve, their new personal assistant. More help for the missing middle.<br /> Full article
The New Way to Print Music
<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/printedguitar_enl-cd891307a6978435bc9e6df80fc2712ee702d414-s51.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="42" />   Two 3D printing enthusiasts use their skills to make music. Full article
Phase-Change Memory to Supercharge Portable Devices
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/fast_phase_change.png" alt="" width="97" height="37" />Researchers are developing next generation data storage technology based on phase-change materials (PCM). Goodby to flash memory?<br /> Full article
AMP: Slow and Steady Wins the Race
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/factory.png" alt="" width="95" height="79" />Breathing new life into U.S. manufacturing: Meeting in Washington, D.C. reviews the recommendations of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), part of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Program. Full article
Around the Web: The Dark Side of 3D Printing
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/800px-Glock_21_sf.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="71" />Stratasys pulls the plug on a leased 3D printer. The Wiki Weapon project planned to develop a printable gun with the device. Full article
The Move to Bring Manufacturing Back to America
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/482478057_MADE_IN_AMERICA_Stamp_xlarge.gif" alt="" width="95" height="95" />CEOs like Andrew Liveris of Dow Chemical and Jeffrey Immelt of GE, as well as Harry Moser, head of the Reshoring Initiative, typify the many leaders in government, business and academia working to reverse the tide of offshoring – and their efforts are paying off. Full article
Cartoon: DMR DIGITS
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMRdigits_Oct2012_cropped.jpg" alt="" width="85" height="95" />Fans of John Hughes will appreciate this month's Digits, inspired by his 1985 film Weird Science. Full article
Wrench Opens an Interest in Additive Manufacturing!
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/wrenches_small.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="100" />While some are using additive manufacturing technology to make <a href="http://www.digitalmanufacturingreport.com/dmr/2012-04-02/rebecca%E2%80%99s_vette_is_fixed_.html" target="_blank">hard to find car parts</a> or <a href="http://singularityhub.com/2012/04/07/on-demand-robots-from-a-3d-printer/" target="_blank">small robots</a>, Objet printed something relatively simple and known to almost everyone, a set of adjustable crescent wrenches. Full article
Cloud Fueled CFD Speeds Up NASCAR Team
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/MWR_Logo_stream2.jpg" alt="" width="96" height="71" />Cloud computing combined with CDadapco’s software is a winning combination for Waltrip Racing. The NASCAR team runs CFD simulations to perfect aerodynamic designs. With these tools, future designs can be tested without physical models. Full article
R Systems HPC 360 October 23-24, 2012 Your Modeling and Simulation Resource Headquarters
Would you like to know more about the aspects and benefits of Modeling and Simulation and how it relates to business? Get first-hand insight into how your organization can take advantage of this technology by attending R Systems’ HPC360 Annual Conference. Full article
Electric Car Battle Just Starting
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/tesla_model_s_SMALL.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="48" />Does the recent delivery of the Tesla Motors Model S mean, as one of the company's investors claims, that Detroit has lost the EV race? Or has the jousting just begun? Full article
Four Major Myths Slow Business Analytics Adoption
<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Analytics.png" alt="" width="95" height="90" />Small to medium sized business manufacturers can reap major rewards from analytics, but only after they overcome some common misconceptions. Full article
Now You See It
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMR_InvisibileTank.jpg" alt="" width="94" height="52" />Science has been moving steadily toward advancements in invisibility over the past few years, with several recent breakthroughs revealing how surprisingly close that sort of technology might be. Full article
Altair Upgrades Compute Manager Giving Small to Medium Sized Manufacturers an Assist in Using HPC
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Alair_ComputeManager2.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="109" />With the release of Compute Manager 11.1, leveraging HPC to take better advantage of digital manufacturing tools like modeling and simulation just got a lot easier. Full article
Now is the Time for Digital Manufacturing at Home
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/MakerBot_Replicator2_Front_View-700x466.jpg" alt="" width="94" height="62" />With its Replicator 2.0, Makerbot has added new impetus to the growing 3D printing at home movement. Full article
Half Time of the CAE Experiment
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Clouds.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="76" />Report on an on-going project (a.k.a. the Uber-Cloud Experiment) in which 170 industry and research organizations and individuals from 22 countries are working together to jointly explore the end-to-end process of remotely accessing technical computing resources sitting in Data Centers and in the Cloud. Full article
DARPA Robot Has the Need for Speed
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Hi-Res_Cheetah_4.JPG" alt="" width="95" height="63" />This robot can outrun the fastest humans on the planet, including Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt. Full article
Where No One Has Gone Before
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMR_StarshipProgram01.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="103" />Practically everybody likes the idea of exploring space. Exploration is written right into our genetic code, from back when we wondered what was over that hill, or what lay across that sea. Full article
Additive Manufacturing is Ready to Rock and Roll
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/rocket2.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="71" />After thirty years of slow, steady growth, the additive manufacturing, 3D printing industry seems about to take off Full article
6 Key Questions American Manufacturing Executives Should Be Asking Themselves Today
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/car-production2_cropped.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="87" />During the development of the Third Annual American Manufacturing Strategies Summit 2012, an advisory board of industry experts identified a number of key questions every manufacturing executive should be asking as they work to grow their business in a still-volatile economy. Full article