Author Archives: Nicole Hemsoth
Nicole Hemsoth
China Comes to Iowa
February 15th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/soybeans.jpg" alt="" width="76" height="52" />It appears that Iowa is forging increasing closer ties with Chinese manufacturers, reversing a decade-long trend of losing jobs to its overseas competitor, now turned collaborator.
NVIDIA and Dell Propel Trek to Racing Success
February 15th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/bike.jpg" alt="" width="107" height="71" />To overcome the challenges associated with creating a new generation of racing bikes, Trek Bicycle enlisted NVIDIA technology and Dell workstations to help develop its new Carbon Series 9.9 downhill mountain bike.
FACT SHEET: A Blueprint to Train Two Million Workers for High-Demand Industries through a Community College to Career Fund
February 13th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/barack-obama2_1211622c.jpg" alt="" width="70" height="58" />This Fact Sheet issued by the White House provides an overview of an initiative announced by President Obama on Feb. 13 to train workers for good-paying jobs in high-growth and high-demand industries. ...
Brain Drain
February 13th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMR_AviationMechanic.jpg" alt="" width="112" height="65" />Across the country, we have stigmatized skilled blue collar work, reduced support for vocational programs, and begun shepherding only “problem” kids into what little is left.
A Flap Over Manufacturing
February 10th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Factory_icon.jpg" alt="" width="64" height="59" />This week an interesting dust-up aired in the <em>Huffington Post</em>. Scott Paul, executive director, Alliance for Manufacturing, takes umbrage with a recent op-ed in the <em>NY Times</em> titled “Do Manufacturers Need Special ...
HPC, the Cloud, and Help for the Missing Middle
February 10th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/AutoCAD_smartphone_.jpg" alt="" width="90" height="72" />Digital manufacturing in the cloud is a key element in the empowering of the “missing middle.” Cloud services can bring advanced technologies – such as modeling and simulation – to small and ...
Replacing an Elderly Woman’s Jaw Using 3D Printing
February 8th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Jaw_replacement_small.jpg" alt="" width="76" height="57" />Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, has come to the assistance of a woman suffering from progressive osteomyelitis, a disease that was causing her jawbone to disintegrate.
Hybrid Rocket Engines Use Additive Manufacturing to Combine the Advantages of Solid and Liquid Propellants
February 8th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/rocket_motor_on_stand.jpg" alt="" width="91" height="59" />Hybrid rocket engines, which combine a solid fuel with a liquid oxidizer, offer the best of both worlds including immediate launch capability and the ability to be throttled and restarted. More importantly ...
Change is in the Air
February 6th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/465px-Factory_USA.svg.jpg" alt="" width="81" height="67" />You might have heard that the American economy is in trouble. And as the years drag on, a harsh reality is coming to light: this is no normal recession. The various collapses ...
East Bound And Down, Loaded Up And Truckin’
February 6th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/smart_truck7.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="65" />Back in 1977 when the price of gas was around $0.60, no one gave a second thought to driving a Black Pontiac Trans AM or an 18-wheeler full of Coors across the ...
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