Covering Scientific & Technical AI | Thursday, July 9, 2026
CNBC Webinar: Competitive-Edge Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/kevin-lyons-200.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="70" />Here's a webinar you won't want to miss. Next Tuesday, June 3, 2:30 pm ET, Kevin Lyons of Rutgers University will brief you on emerging tools for advanced manufacturing that will keep you competitive in the world's markets. Full article
NCMS Roundtable Will Highlight Advanced Tools for Sustainable Design and Manufacturing
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMR_SustainableGearTree.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="83" />The June 12 gathering at NCMS headquarters in Ann Arbor, Mich., will review online tools, databases and guides that provide a sustainability assessment toolkit for manufacturing Full article
Can Small to Medium Sized Businesses Benefit from the Cloud?
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Maks-SMBs-1.jpg" alt="" width="96" height="64" />An IBM blog post on the topic answers in the affirmative and spells out the reasons why. Full article
3D Desktop Printers Highlighted at RAPID 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Objet30pro_car.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="79" />Objet and Stratasys showcase new compact, versatile desktop additive manufacturing systems designed for professionals at the SME-sponsored event which runs through Friday. Full article
Lantek Integra ERP Gives C. Brown and Sons the Tools to Rationalize its Business
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/TRUMPF_PG6_hr_small.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="64" />"We realized that we needed one CAM system to program all the machines, and a management system which integrated with it to run our whole business." Full article
Beef Jerky and the Future of Manufacturing
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMR_Beer.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="81" />Is there a lesson to be learned from a recent PBS story about craft beer and artisanal jerky? Full article
Video: PBS Explores the New Face of U.S. Manufacturing
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Man_in_hard_hat_small.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="89" />When PBS Host Yul Kwon set out to investigate the State of American Manufacturing he expected a tale of decline. To his surprise he discovered that manufacturing is undergoing a remarkable transformation. Full article
Manufacturing is Changing, and Change is Good
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMR_GlobalFoundries.jpg" alt="" width="96" height="55" /> Rick Jarman, President & CEO, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences takes a close look at how manufacturing is not only growing, but, more importantly, how it is changing. Full article
The Third Industrial Revolution: An IT Perspective
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Third_industrial_rev._cropped.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="77" />The next industrial revolution, which is now underway, is going to have a profound effect on IT. The new paradigm may bring unexpected results. Paul Ingevaldson explains. Full article
New Software Licensing Terms are Key to Adoption of HPC Cloud Services
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/cloudcomputing.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="68" />For at least the past couple years, High Performance Computing (HPC) has been more easily and financially accessible to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) via cloud technology. At least in theory. Remarkably, a major gap still must be bridged – the Independent Software Vendor (ISV) licensing chasm. Full article
Vision with Action: A Report from the NCMS DM SIG meeting
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/street_signs.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="62" />NCMS's Jon Riley reports on the latest meeting of the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) Digital Manufacturing Strategic Interest Group (DM SIG). The SIG is making great strides in its efforts to bring digital manufacturing to small and medium sized manufacturers. Full article
Video: Sink Your Teeth into Metal Additive Manufacturing
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DentWise_bridge.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="78" />Tooth technology marches on. A European organization, DentWise, is using innovative selective laser melting technology developed by its parent company, LayerWise, to create metal bridges and overdentures. Additive manufacturing comes to a mouth near you. Full article
Irrational Numbers: The Promise of a Commodity Computer
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Raspberry_Pi_top_small.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="71" />I mentioned the Raspberry Pi a while ago, and it continues to fascinate me. Particularly in light of recent remarks by NCMS’ Phil Callihan about how making stuff is not necessarily an easy task, I’d like to revisit the subject in a little more depth. Full article
Where Is The “Planning” In Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)?
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/abstract_with_chart.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="78" />You may need more than one of these disciplines to manage your inventory and your business – Just in Time Inventory (JIT), S&OP (sales & operational planning), Lean, Integrated Business Planning (IBP), CPFR (collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment, and Kanban. Like herding cats. An ERP system can help ... Full article
The Topic of Lean Manufacturing: Part 2
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Limited_Flexibility.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="70" />Lean manufacturing can deliver, but the process is complex and potential pitfalls are many. In this second installment, Tim Egloff provides some pointers for making the most of the approach, including enlisting digital manufacturing and the creation of a value stream map to guide you on the path. Full article
Mother’s Day Gift Idea: For the Cook in Your Life
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Vortex_sale_and_pepper.jpg" alt="" width="103" height="76" />Here's a unique salt and pepper shaker set created using digital manufacturing techniques – including 3D printing and laser sintering. High tech comes to the table. Full article
Get your Mojo with the Industry’s Newest Desktop 3D Printer
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Mojo_Engineer-removing-part_2.jpg" alt="" width="69" height="49" />Company unveils the market’s lowest-priced professional-grade 3D-printing system. Be sure to check out the introductory video. Full article
Cartoon: DMR DIGITS
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMRdigits_May12_cropped.jpg" alt="" width="73" height="64" />Technology brings a whole new dimension to cloud gazing...for better or worse. Full article
Making Stuff is Hard!
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/touchfire_ipad_keyboard.jpg" alt="" width="109" height="61" />I love my iPad, which has now almost completely replaced my laptop for most applications. However, its lack of a physical keyboard can at times be limiting. Last year, I began a quest to overcome this shortcoming.That's how I discovered TouchFire. Full article
GeneDuped
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/3D_Pig_copy.jpg" alt="" width="84" height="65" />Now that we're into the month of May let's take a last look at some doings in April in which the usually reserved <em>The Economist</em> journal pulled off a neat April's fool joke with the help of 3D printing. Full article