Author Archives: Nicole Hemsoth
Nicole Hemsoth
Training or Technology – Why Not Both?
July 12th, 2011
A host of regional and international initiatives, including the White House-backed Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, seek to give advanced manufacturing a starring role in the revitalization of our economy.
A PIC for Bob
July 11th, 2011
There's no denying the business benefits of modeling and simulation, but smaller manufacturers rarely have the capital resources to invest in these tools. Now a new effort is underway from NCMS that aims to change that. A national network ...
Virgin Racing Releases Details of Strategic Partnership
July 7th, 2011
Virgin's new technical partnership with McLaren includes access to both virtual and physical design tools.
Recyclable Laptops Signal New Era in Sustainable Design
July 7th, 2011
Stanford researchers have created a recyclable laptop that can be disassembled without tools in less than 45 seconds.
Altair’s Approach to Solving the Software Licensing Problem
July 6th, 2011
Licensing is one of the major stumbling blocks to the spread of digital manufacturing technology among small- to medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs). Rapid advances in CAE software, especially in modeling and simulation, could help many SMMs reduce the costs and ...
Case Study: Bringing the Power of HPC to Drug Discovery and the Delivery of ‘Smarter’ Healthcare
July 6th, 2011
As recently as eight years ago, the application of high performance computing (HPC) techniques to drug discovery efforts was problematic at best. Even clusters composed of 40 or 50 processors could take a year to identify cancer-relevant genes. Today, ...
Platform as a Service Appeals to Manufacturers
July 5th, 2011
An often overlooked component of cloud computing, Platform as a Service provides a cost-effective management layer for hardware and software delivery.
Play-Doh, Today
July 1st, 2011
So much of manufacturing and product design still depends on that brick of clay, cut and shaped and formed into a car, or a camera, or a toaster oven. But more and more we are seeing creators, artists, ...
More Help for the Missing Middle: This Time from DOE
June 30th, 2011
A recent meeting in Chicago has started a process that could have far-reaching ramifications for small- to medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) and other small businesses.
Morehead State University Students Help Launch Space Program
June 29th, 2011
Students use the Space Science Center's 3D printer for rapid prototyping of a satellite launch system.
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