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    Technology and IIoT

    Getting Your IIoT Project out of Pilot Purgatory

    June 24, 2019
    These 10 recommendations will help counteract the inertia.
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    Technology and IIoT

    8 Reasons Why Your IIoT Project Is Stuck in Pilot Purgatory

    June 21, 2019
    84% of companies working in IoT are stuck in pilot mode, 28% of them for over two years.
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    Technology and IIoT

    Four Ways to Crowdsource Innovation

    Feb. 28, 2019
    How manufacturers using open engineering challenges to find solutions.
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    Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk.
    Leadership

    What If Elon Musk Took Manufacturing Cars Seriously?

    Feb. 7, 2019
    When Tesla first started, Toyota took a strong interest in the company, but Musk had no interest in the Toyota Production System.
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    Technology and IIoT

    What’s Ahead for the Semiconductor Industry?

    Dec. 19, 2018
    New materials and processes and increasing volumes mean 'doing more with more.'
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    Technology and IIoT

    A Brief History of AI: From Fun & Games to Manufacturing Genius

    Dec. 5, 2017
    AI began as a tool designed to compete with human intelligence. But IBM’s latest approach is bringing the two sides together to build a brighter and more productive future in ...
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    Tesla EV charging cable
    Process Improvement

    Manufacturing “Old Timers” Offer Tesla’s Elon Musk Some Sage Advice

    Aug. 1, 2017
    Technology will play a key role as Tesla moves forward, but so will the lessons of experience.
    HP
    The test bed of an HP Jet Fusion 4200 3D printer
    Additive

    Inside HP’s 3-D Shift to Additive Manufacturing

    June 27, 2017
    Up and down the West Coast, HP is innovating, testing and aiming to enhance manufacturing with new 3-D printing technology. The company could hit that lofty goal. First, though...
    Autodesk
    A pair of Briggs employees work on a technologicallyadvanced automobile frame
    Technology and IIoT

    Shifting Gears: The Future of Automobiles

    May 26, 2017
    From fabrication to design to how we might ride in the cars of the future, Autodesk auto parts director Simon Alford looks at the road ahead.