Author Archives: Nicole Hemsoth
Nicole Hemsoth
3D Printer Section Appears on Amazon
June 14th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/amazon.png" alt="" width="95" height="28" border="0" />Last month’s news of 3D printers entering brick-and-mortar Staples stores may have represented a major step in mainstream commercialization of additive manufacturing tools, but in what is perhaps an even bigger ...
Is Automation to Blame for Our Economic Woes?
June 14th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/kukaautomation.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="71" border="0" />Despite reassurances of automation professionals throughout the industry, some experts simply aren't convinced that technological advancements in robotics and automation aren't negatively impacting U.S. employment rates, which is what Erik Brynjolfsson ...
Study Quantifies Cloud’s Energy-Savings Potential
June 12th, 2013
There is mounting evidence that the cloud is a green cloud. A new study from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Northwestern illustrates the dramatic results of mass cloud migration.
Experts Chime in on the Future of Global Manufacturing
June 12th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/800px-Eli_Lilly_global_manufacturing_plants.png" alt="" width="95" height="42" border="0" />In the wake of the economic downturn, reshoring efforts and increased emphasis on STEM, there’s plenty of uncertainty about where global manufacturing is headed in the next several years. Helping to ...
Simulations Sail into the Shipyard
June 12th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/shipbuilding.JPG" alt="" width="95" height="71" border="0" />As far as modeling and simulation are concerned, nautical transportation isn’t one of the first things to come to mind. Still, it presents a unique use case for computer-integrated manufacturing, as ...
Google Asks ‘How Green Is the Internet?’
June 11th, 2013
<p>With nearly 2 billion people connected to the Internet these days, there are those who question the effects that this usage has on the environment. </p>
Virtual Fireside Chat with the Green Grid Executives
June 11th, 2013
It is the mission of The Green Grid Association, a non-profit, open industry consortium, to become the leading authority on resource efficiency in IT and datacenters. The Green Grid's John Tuccillo and Mark Schiller open up about the consortium's activities and the benefits ...
Are Bachelor’s Degrees All They’re Cracked Up to Be?
June 11th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/bachelors.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="50" border="0" />As the U.S. manufacturing sector fights to stay competitive on a global scale, the issue of improving STEM education has been key. But in a recent study measuring how workers in ...
Green IT: Barriers Versus Benefits
June 10th, 2013
<em>A holistic and objective assessment reveals that it is better to adopt green IT in the interest of several opportunities and benefits it offers to businesses, the society and our planet even if it is a burden. Smart companies ...
Chevy Looks to Rapid Prototyping for the 2014 Malibu
June 10th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/malibu.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" border="0" />Chevrolet has added digital manufacturing technology to its arsenal. Abandoning clay for their latest Malibu, the automaker has turned to two types of additive manufacturing to meet their rapid prototyping needs.
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