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Tackling Tariffs with Industrial Technology
At Hannover Messe 2025, automation and Industrial AI technologies took center stage, showcasing how manufacturers are accelerating digital transformation to maintain competitiveness in an increasingly complex global market. These advancements in digital manufacturing, connected workers, and autonomo
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I spoke with an automotive client's IT team this week about a new process monitoring system, and was struck by a telling detail: none of them had ever visited their own factory floor. It perfectly captures a growing problem in modern manufacturing - we're becoming masters of data while [losing touch
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From Garage to a NewLab
Newlab represents a modern reimagining of the great industrial research laboratories, but with a key twist: rather than housing researchers under a single corporate umbrella like Edison's Menlo Park or Bell Labs, it [creates an ecosystem](https://fortune.com/2025/02/03/new
read moreNot-so-fast Suppliers
Not like "way" wrong, but very technically/machinist nerdy, sort of wrong. Greg Koenig on XA pivotal moment in Apple's supply chain management occurred during the iPhone 6 "bendgate" crisis, when the company needed to switch from 6061 to 70
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DRM Gone Wrong
As part of our ongoing commitment to enhance the overall security of our products, we are introducing an authorization and authentication protection mechanism for the connection and control of Bambu Lab 3D printers. This step is a significant security enhancement to ensure only authorized access a
read moreCounting the Pieces to Assemble Humanoids
Really excited to be posting our FIRST Robotics hardware roles for OpenAI, including two very senior tech lead engineering (IC) roles and a TPM Manager. Caitlin Kalinowski on XIn the race to build the next generation of robots, [parti
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Big Bets Reshaping Industry
Others echo the call for ambition. “Successful companies make big bets,” said U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D., Wash.), whose district includes Boeing’s factory in Renton. “There’s an upfront cost but they do it.”From “[Can Boeing Be Fixed? Aerospace Leaders Offer a Repair Manual](https://www.wsj.com/bu
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