Covering Scientific & Technical AI | Thursday, July 9, 2026
3D Printing Thomas Jefferson
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/TJefferson_thumb.jpg" alt="" width="68" height="51" />Thomas Jefferson was a large figure in American history. At RedEye On Demand, he also proved to be a large figure in the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) 3D Production System. Full article
President Obama Announces New Efforts to Support Manufacturing Innovation, Encourage Insourcing
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/mid-2009-04-11_President_Obama_s_Weekly_Address.ogv.jpg" alt="" width="84" height="75" />Administration proposes new national network to support manufacturing, takes immediate action to create a pilot manufacturing institute Full article
NDIA’s 2012 Ground Robotics Capabilities Conference and Exhibition To Focus on Changing Needs of Warfighters, Vision For Future
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/gI_74441_2380_Cover.jpg" alt="" width="70" height="88" />This event, scheduled for March 21-23 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, will provide a forum for Industry and Government to have an honest dialogue for identifying the technologies that will be able to meet the future needs of the Warfighter. Full article
Autodesk Takes Simulation Mobile with New ForceEffect App for iOS Devices
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Force_Effect_bike_wheel.jpg" alt="" width="89" height="114" />Originally available for iPad in Nov. 2011, Autodesk ForceEffect is now available at no cost on the iTunes App store globally for iPhone and iPod touch. ForceEffect allows engineers, students and technical DIYers to quickly and easily evaluate their designs upfront in the design process. Full article
CD-adapco’s STAR Global Conference 2012 A Sell Out: Focus on Simulation and Analysis
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/STAR_conf._hotel.jpg" alt="" width="99" height="61" />The show will host over 50 commercial engineering specialists and expert panels. Many large manufacturers will be on hand, but the conference promises to provide a wealth of information for smaller companies that want to take advantage of advanced manufacturing techniques supported by HPC. And, for the first ... Full article
Supply Chain Risk Management Copes with Evolving Threats
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/D_Andrea_John_002.jpg" alt="" width="73" height="90" />John D'Andrea, Director, Global Supply Chain and Fulfillment at Dell, talks with the Digital Manufacturing Report about the escalating hazards associated with running today's global supply chains and what you can do about it. Full article
The Democratization of Simulation with Intelligent Templates
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Excavator_Comet.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="65" />“Intelligent Templates” present an extremely innovative concept in product development that focuses on a reusable framework for managing product information and simulations of product performance. Simulation is made available to a wider audience of product developers in a reliable way that does not require them to be experts ... Full article
The Topic of Lean Manufacturing
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Road2.jpg" alt="" width="109" height="66" />Are you heading down the road to lean manufacturing? If you're already underway or contemplating starting the journey, you'll want to read this helpful article (with some excellent links) by guest writer Tim Egloff with Siemens Product Management Lifecycle Software. Full article
History Rich Museum or Self-Marketing Apple Store?
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Smithsonian.JPG" alt="" width="92" height="61" />Steven Pearlstein, a columnist for the <em>Washington Post</em> and Edward Tenner writing in the <em>Atlantic</em> have differing opinions on how American Industry should be celebrated on the National Mall. <em><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(image: Smithsonian Arts and Industries building)</span></em><br /> Full article
Power, Point
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMR_Chernobyl.jpg" alt="" width="110" height="95" />As it happens, years ago I had the opportunity to do some consulting for a nonprofit think tank regarding nuclear power – particularly survivability in the wake of catastrophic events, likelihood of said events, and lessons to be learned from emergencies that have already happened. This was years ... Full article
SGI ICE Supercomputer and Advanced Manufacturing
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/ICE_system_large.jpg" alt="" width="116" height="88" />Due to its cost and complexity, high performance computing (HPC) historically has been restricted to the big guys – government labs, the military, large corporations, and well-heeled academic institutions (if that’s not an oxymoron these days). But the new supercomputer from SGI marches to a different drummer. Is ... Full article
VIDEO: Autodesk Showcases Sustainable Design at Second Annual Sustainability Summit
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Screen_Shot_2012-02-27_at_10.38.09_AM.png" alt="" width="159" height="89" />Also presenting were a panel of customers discussing their use of Autodesk software to design greener buildings, better manufacturing processes, water turbines and an eco-refrigerator. Full article
Dow Chemical’s CEO on How to Revive Manufacturing
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Liveris.jpeg" alt="" width="81" height="57" />In its Thursday, February 23 edition, The Wall Street Journal published a letter to the editor by Andrew N. Liveris, Dow Chairman and CEO, which highlights two critical elements in the ongoing debate on America’s industrial revival. <br /> Full article
DOE Grants Bring Advanced Modeling & Simulation to the “Missing Middle”
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Vorcat.jpg" alt="" width="127" height="103" />Awards made under the Small Business Innovative Research program are designed to make advanced HPC software available to small- to medium-sized manufacturers and solve tough energy challenges. Full article
Storage Hypervisor Boosts Manufacturing Efficiency at WIŚNIOWSKI Company
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/House_with_gates.jpg" alt="" width="94" height="73" />WIŚNIOWSKI Company is a modern manufacturing enterprise that must react rapidly to constantly changing customer needs. To assure agility in a competitive market, the company has implemented a fully-computerized large-scale manufacturing process for its products, which include high-quality garage and industrial doors, fence systems and aluminum joinery. Uninterrupted ... Full article
Green Lite Motors Forges Ahead with Unique 100MPG Hybrid
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/green_lite_car.jpg" alt="" width="112" height="63" />A quick update from CEO Tim Miller – partnership with Autodesk revs up design process; latest prototype set for testing. Full article
The Internet of Things
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/TNH_We_inter-are_circle_09.jpg" alt="" width="83" height="58" />Last year the world's human population reached 6.8 billion and the number of devices connected to the Internet, fueled by the growth of smartphones and tablets, hit 125 billion. It's a wired world. The growth of the Internet of Things, a concept introduced at MIT in 1999, is ... Full article
Video: LEGO Designer turns Paper Sketch into Reality using Objet 3D Printer
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/OBjet_3D_designer.png" alt="" width="80" height="46" />Turning 3D CAD designs of their products into functional 3D prototypes using an Objet 3D printer. Full article
China Comes to Iowa
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/soybeans.jpg" alt="" width="76" height="52" />It appears that Iowa is forging increasing closer ties with Chinese manufacturers, reversing a decade-long trend of losing jobs to its overseas competitor, now turned collaborator. Full article
NVIDIA and Dell Propel Trek to Racing Success
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/bike.jpg" alt="" width="107" height="71" />To overcome the challenges associated with creating a new generation of racing bikes, Trek Bicycle enlisted NVIDIA technology and Dell workstations to help develop its new Carbon Series 9.9 downhill mountain bike. Full article