Author Archives: Nicole Hemsoth
Nicole Hemsoth
From Farms to Fraud, SAS CEO Reflects on Analytics Market
October 28th, 2013
There aren’t many tech companies one can rattle off that have a 40-year history of solid revenue growth, but according to Dr. Jim Goodnight, CEO of SAS during a recent sit-down with us, the road ahead still appears to ...
Direct Digital Manufacturing Continues to Gain Steam
October 28th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/02-plane.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="42" border="0" />Synonymous with the more commonly known term, additive manufacturing, direct digital manufacturing (DDM) is becoming an option for manufacturers that need to produce parts as quickly as possible.
ISA Announces New Educational Track for Automation Event
October 24th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/logo-with-glow.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="26" border="0" />This past Monday, the International Society of Automation (ISA), a global, nonprofit organization that helps members solve technical automation problems, announced that it would be running an Industrial Automation and Control ...
Looking to the Future as the Assembly Line Turns 100
October 23rd, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/fordassembly.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="64" border="0" />One hundred years after the birth of Ford’s assembly line, it’s not hard to mark just how much innovation came from the automaker’s assembly lines. When the company first went into ...
Robots Come to Aid of Australian Manufacturers
October 23rd, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/stock-footage-robots-weld-car-parts-in-production-line-at-factory.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="53" border="0" />In many industries like automotive manufacturing, robots have assisted in the manufacturing process to fill what has become a vital role in production. Now Australian manufacturers are looking to jump on ...
Volvo Charges up with Auto Body Battery
October 21st, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/volvos80.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="53" border="0" />You wouldn’t expect the battery of the future to come from thinking inside the box, so perhaps it’s not a surprise that for Volvo’s next generation electric car, the energy comes ...
Army to Strengthen Ground Combat Vehicles
October 21st, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/AlcoaAluminumHull.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="68" border="0" />The U.S. Army Research Laboratory has collaborated with Alcoa, the world’s third largest producer of aluminum, in order to come up with a way to better protect soldiers from improvised explosive ...
NCMS’ Grid Cell to be Housed at Lawrence Tech University
October 17th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/NCMS_NewLogoTest_NoShadow.png" alt="" width="95" height="48" border="0" />This week, the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) will be signing a memorandum of understanding with Lawrence Technological University so that the school can house NCMS’ Michigan Grid Cell.
Toyota to Release Autonomous Vehicles by Mid-2010s
October 16th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Toyota_Advanced_safety_vehicle_610x457.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="71" border="0" />Relaxing in a vehicle while it drives itself has been a dream for many, but the question over their expected debut on our highways has left us waiting in anticipation. As ...
Ocean Cleanup Project Crowdsources for the Environment
October 14th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/OCP2.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="38" border="0" />With historic periods bearing names like “Bronze Age,” or “Iron Age,” one aerospace engineering student believes we have created what could become known as “the Plastic Age.” After all, it’s been ...
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