Covering Scientific & Technical AI | Thursday, July 9, 2026
Resistance is Futile
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMR_Elephant.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="64" border="0" />Resistance to change is as natural as change itself – but history tells us that change is inevitable. As the Third Industrial Revolution approaches, those who stand to benefit should jump on board, not try to stand in the way. Full article
Video: Printing with Clay
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/print_twist.jpg" alt="" width="70" height="46" />UK artist Jonathan Keep traded in his potter's wheel for a 3D printer and now he's printing his pots rather than throwing them. The results are impressive. Full article
Connecting the Global Supercomputing Community in Hamburg, Germany
ISC ’12 celebrates its 27th conference in the series this year. On track to draw its highest attendance in the history of the event, the conference is welcoming close to 2,400 attendees from around the world. Taking place in Hamburg, Germany, June 17 – 21, 2012, these five days promise to be extremely valuable and ... Full article
Feel an Open Window Anywhere
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Dummy_with_fan_on.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="76" />With funding from the Syracuse Center of Excellence and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Propulsive Wing LLC, in collaboration with Allred & Associates Inc. and Syracuse University, has developed the Personal Breeze Air Purifier System, a revolutionary personal air purifier that reduces contaminant and allergen exposure, delivering clean, fresh ... Full article
Report from the Frontlines: RPI CATS Technology Showcase & Conference
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/RPI_20111221_0026-cropped.jpg" alt="" width="99" height="69" />Rebecca Taylor, NCMS Senior Vice President, was a speaker at this year's event, discussing digital manufacturing and the Center's plans to help the "missing middle." In the process, she learned that the missing middle encompasses more than just the small to medium sized manufacturers; there are big corporations ... Full article
Digital Manufacturing Driving the Third Industrial Revolution
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/CNC-Machine-Tool_small.jpg" alt="" width="65" height="54" />Disruptive technologies such as 3D printing, robotics, nanotechnology, and new materials are transforming the way things are made -- and in the process, reshaping the world we live in. Full article
Dangers and Opportunities Explored at Internet of Things Conference
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Clipper_fist.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="53" />If our machines get too smart, too interconnected, will they turn on us like the cars, phones and elevators in Stephen Vincent Benet's 1935 poem, "Nightmare Number Three?" Probably not a topic at The Internet of Things Conference 2012 to be held May 15 in London. But forewarned ... Full article
Teradata Active Data Warehouse Private Cloud can Benefit Manufacturers
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/teradata-101.jpg" alt="" width="94" height="70" />As a data warehouse private cloud, the Teradata ADW directly addresses a major pain point with CIOs by ensuring computer resources are optimized and fully utilized. Full article
Optimizing Product Cost by Leveraging Infor10 PLM Process (Optiva)
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Foods.jpg" alt="" width="50" height="74" />This CIMdata Commentary examines how product lifecycle management (PLM) tools can help manufacturers develop new products that meet quality, cost, and customer time-to-market requirements, as well as controlling costs. A specific example from the food and beverage industry is described. Full article
3D Printed Custom Labware Controls Chemical Reactions
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Chemical_reaction.jpg" alt="" width="83" height="49" />University of Glasgow researchers print up vessels made of common silicone sealant that incorporate catalysts used to drive unique chemical reactions. Chemistry labs will never be the same. Full article
Cartoon: DMR DIGITS
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/HPCtoons_Feb12_cropped.jpg" alt="" width="60" height="51" />Chris Fick, NCMS art director and resident cartoonist, takes a sideways glance at the wonderful world of digital manufacturing. First in a series from Chris. If you have any ideas for a cartoon, please let us know using the discussion box at the bottom of the page. Full article
Harnessing the Power: A Q&A with NCSA’s Merle Giles
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Merle_expressive.jpg" alt="" width="107" height="60" />The National Center for Supercomputing Applications Private Sector Program affords business and industry the opportunity to use the center’s resources. PSP director Merle Giles explains how NCSA interacts with the business world. Full article
The Management Side of IT: Are Our Systems Secure?
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/our-disaster-recovery-plan.jpg" alt="" width="70" height="64" />Second in a series by contributing editor and ex-CIO Paul Ingevaldson. Small to medium sized manufacturers are particularly vulnerable if they don't have a comprehensive security plan in place that is thoroughly understood by key members of the IT organization. Full article
Stratasys and Objet Merge: Major Change in the Additive Manufacturing Landscape
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Stratasys_Objet_logos.png" alt="" width="70" height="69" />Exclusive to Digital Manufacturing Report: Industry insider Nadra Angerman recaps the merger and comments on some of the consequences. Full article
Direct Digital Manufacturing: A Disruptive Technology
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/stratasys_family.jpg" alt="" width="74" height="70" />Direct digital manufacturing (DDM) and 3D printing are getting a lot of attention these days even though the technology has been around for over two decades. After quietly serving the rapid prototyping needs of engineers and designers for 20 years, DDM is beginning to take on all the ... Full article
University of Toronto, IBM, Western University to Lead Research Partnership
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Canadian_consortium_cropped.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="64" />$210 million consortium includes governments, five more Ontario universities that are launching a bold new research and development innovation network unique in Canada. Full article
Video: Episode 3 – Crunching Numbers
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Yoda.jpg" alt="" width="66" height="80" />Third and final episode of the National Center for Manufacturing Science's three-part video series. Like Star Wars or Lord of the Rings, our trilogy's final video has a happy ending -- digital manufacturing means jobs...lots of them. The multiplier effect is far more powerful than you might think. Full article
Kick it Up Another Notch
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/SparkLab.jpg" alt="" width="101" height="75" />Kickstarter’s getting all kinds of attention these days, and with good reason – it’s a clever idea that allows small businesses and creative projects to get funding from generous, far-flung souls. You want to make a documentary and the heartless bank doesn’t think that $50,000 for a searing, ... Full article
Oregon Contractor Builds House Using Only Materials Made in America.
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Screen_Shot_2012-04-06_at_2.48.12_PM.jpg" alt="" width="85" height="51" />Builder Gerald Rowlett said he got the idea from a Montana home <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2011/10/how-to-build-a-made-in-america-home/" target="_blank">featured on ABC World News</a> that was made entirely from materials made in the U.S. Full article
Digital Manufacturing at HPCC ‘12
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Accio_Energy_Panels.jpg" alt="" width="102" height="94" />Newport, Rhode Island in late March is the setting for the annual National High Performance Computing and Communications Conference (HPCC-USA). The conference traditionally hasn’t focused on manufacturing. But that seems to have changed noticeably this year. Full article