Author Archives: Nicole Hemsoth
Nicole Hemsoth
From 3D Printing to 3D Pens
February 26th, 2013
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New technology in its earliest stages remains the domain of the scientists and inventors. Traditionally, the stumbling block has been finding a manufacturer to invest in its production, but thanks to crowd-based ...
Reshoring Into American Eco-Industrial Clusters
February 22nd, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/reshoring.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="76" />As the reshoring trend is gaining strength, it is important to evaluate innovative, alternative solutions to the past industrial models. Otherwise, it might be difficult to ensure that the return of manufacturing ...
Stocking Tractor-Trailers with MPGs
February 22nd, 2013
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According to an informational video produced by HPC for Energy, these trucks constitute 12 percent of the fuel consumption in the United States. Work done by the Navistar in concert with the ...
Nlyte Optimizes Green Datacenter Design
February 21st, 2013
<p>Designing a datacenter has to take a lot of optimization into account, from performance and latency to, lately, energy costs and waste. CloudNician Founder and CEO James Grundvig interviewed executives from Nlyte, including CEO Doug Sabella and Marketing VP ...
Manufacturing Meat: 24th Century Style
February 21st, 2013
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Characters in Star Trek frequently complain that replicated food just simply is not the genuine article. Soon, we may understand what they are talking about. Modern Meadow, a United States-based startup founded ...
Massachusetts Universities Plant Green Datacenter
February 20th, 2013
<p>Opening in November of 2012, the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) is a collaboration effort among five Massachusetts universities to build and run some good old-fashioned HPC applications, but at a lower cost to the environment.</p>
Fitting PLM Into The Digital Manufacturing Puzzle
February 20th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/plm.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="82" />Regardless of market circumstance, be it bust or boom, business leadership has to focus on managing the product lifecycle as efficiently as possible at every stage. In difficult market conditions, the challenge ...
GE’s Vision for the Industrial Internet
February 15th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/operator.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="67" />General Electric recently announced the launch of its latest plank of the Proficy software platform, Proficy Vision – a big data management tool with a manufacturing slant. To find out more about ...
Obama’s Address Outlines Green Strategy
February 14th, 2013
<p>US President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night touched on many of the country’s hot-button issues, including reducing gun violence, improving the country’s education system, and slowing climate change. That third issue directly affects the ...
Obama’s Take on the State of Manufacturing
February 13th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/obamasotu.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" />In his State of the Union Address Tuesday night, President Obama announced that he plans to use his executive powers to launch three manufacturing hubs and is calling on Congress to create ...
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