Covering Scientific & Technical AI | Thursday, July 9, 2026
The wonderful world of 3D printing continues to grow. From sneaker prototypes to circuit boards, it's a technology whose time has come. Full article
The American Manufacturing Partnership calls for a national effort to support the creation of good jobs by helping US manufacturers reduce costs, improve quality, and accelerate product development. In an effort to transform advanced manufacturing in the United States, AMP also aims to identify opportunities for investments in R&D, pre-competitive collaboration, and shared facilities ... Full article
Since it was first introduced in 2007, SGI has gotten a lot of mileage out of its SGI ICE platforms. With today’s announcement at SC11, the company is upping the ante by introducing its fifth generation of these popular HPC clusters – the SGI ICE X, code named “Carlsbad 3.0.” The new system features a number ... Full article
Enlisting HPC to save time is a double-edged sword. "Then one day men in grey suits arrive, representatives of the Timesaving Bank. People in town waste too much time, they claim – instead, citizens should start saving it by cutting out leisure activities and pointless daydreaming." Beware the Time Thieves. Full article
With SC11 right around the corner – that super show focused on even more super supercomputers and cutting edge HPC technology – it’s fitting to take a moment to remember that all of this is built on the shoulders of yesterday’s computer pioneers. Full article
"Decoding Factory DNA" takes a page from biology to create the factory of the future. Full article
The other missing middle is that yawning gap in our primary and secondary education systems – the K-12 years. Here's what the NASA Office of Education is doing about it. Full article
A new generation of American design is about to make its move -- HPC can help. Full article
A detailed and thoughtful look at how the Ohio Supercomputer Center has addressed the challenges associated with providing HPC to small- and medium-sized manufacturers. It hasn't been easy, but OSC has made major progress and learned much along the way. Full article
We're all interconnected. Microsoft's take on ubiquitous computing. Full article
Candidates square off at Republican President Forum on Manufacturing. Full article
Not long ago, a group of gamers did in ten days what a world’s worth of molecular biologists had been unable to accomplish in more than a decade: collaborating online with a video game called Foldit, they identified the unique structure of a retroviral protease that lurks in a virus found in Rhesus monkeys. Full article
Quality control issues lead Chinese government to end subsidies for domestic wind power components. Full article
Legendary computer figure dies at age 70. Full article
At England’s University of Bath Digital Manufacturing Lab, they love their RepRaps, which may be multiplying like lemmings. Full article
Wolfgang Gentzsch surveys conference participants and finds that many, despite the use of workstations, PCs and a few HPC clusters, are experiencing severe resource limitations. Full article
The rules of the game are changing. Space exploration, once a federally funded, government led endeavor, is becoming privatized. Testimony before Congress by Dream Chaser prime contractor, Sierra Nevada Corporation, details progress, cites long term economic benefits. Full article
Not quite like being there, but a digital Stonehenge is the next best thing. Full article
Students from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell win the top spot in this year's Society of Mechanical Engineers (SME) annual direct digital manufacturing competition for an innovative hand grip that attaches to forearm crutches and sports an integrated iPod controller and flashlight. Full article
IronCAD, LLC, and NEi Software team up to provide NEi Nastran for IronCAD. Full article