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Myths of Vaccine Manufacturing
In the last few days, the question of why more drug companies haven't been enlisted for vaccine production has come up. It's mostly due to this twe... (2021)
MIT Will Post Free Plans Online for an Emergency Ventilator That Can Be Built for $100
Clinical and design considerations will be published online; goal is to support rapid scale-up of device production to alleviate hospital shortages... (2020)
Dyson is building 15,000 ventilators to fight COVID-19
The company will donate thousands of ventilators abroad. “ Working under a grant from the U.K. government, with oversight from the U.K. National... (2020)
Making Concrete Change: Innovation in Low-carbon Cement and Concrete
Significant changes in how cement and concrete are produced and used are urgently needed to achieve deep cuts in emissions in line with the Paris A... (2020)
Why Cruise Lines Keep Cutting Their Ships in Half - Bloomberg
The economics of cruising are as fascinating as they are counterintuitive. ... hardly destroying the small ship—he was doing just the opposite. ... (2019)
Just 10% of U.S. plastic gets recycled. A new kind of plastic could change that | Science | AAAS
The material can easily be separated from additives to produce pristine recycled plastic (2019)
To master electric-car manufacturing, China started with bikes — Quartz
Electric two-wheelers China account for 80% of all the greenhouse-gas emissions avoided by the use of electric vehicles in the entire world. (2019)
Robot Conquers One of the Hardest Human Tasks: Assembling Ikea Furniture - The New York Times
Researchers in Singapore explained how they created a robot that could devise and execute a plan to put together an Ikea chair. .. (2018)
Are Drones Becoming Essential to Construction? ENGINEERING
Engineering speaks to experts from a variety of companies to learn how drones are being integrated into the construction industry. (2018)
What the Industrial Revolution Really Tells Us About the Future of Automation and Work
2017, "As automation and artificial intelligence technologies improve, many people worry about the future of work. If millions of human workers no ... (2017)
The rise of robots in the German labour market
Recent research has shown that industrial robots have caused severe job and earnings losses in the US. This column explores the impact of robots on... (2017)
Australia Mourns the End of Its Car Manufacturing Industry
New York Times, 2017: "On Friday, Holden employees bid farewell to Australia’s last car factory, wondering if the government could have done more t... (2017)
Penang: Welcome to Asia’s secret Silicon island
There is more to Singapore’s sister city than a stroll down memory lane | Asia (2025)
With ASML, does Europe at last have an answer to Silicon Valley?
Silicon lowlands. ASML, a mighty Dutch tech firm, is at the heart of a critical supply chain | Business (2024)
It is make or break for Intel’s giant bet on Germany
The American chipmaker’s capital spending would constitute the biggest foreign direct investment in German history | Business (2023)
AI infrastructure stack: Nvidia is not the only firm cashing in on the AI gold rush
Selling specialist chips and infrastructure is becoming a trillion-dollar industry | Business (2023)
How fast can European steelmakers decarbonise?
One of Europe’s dirtiest industries has ambitious plans to go green | Business (2023)
Why Chinese carmakers are eyeing Thailand
South-East Asia offers an appealing route to foreign expansion | Business (2023)
Samsung should be wary of Intel-like complacency. Semiconductors
It is too cosy at the top of the memory-chip market | Business (2023)
Indonesia’s nickel boom tests Western green sensibilities
Making batteries for electric vehicles requires environmental and geopolitical trade-offs | Business (2023)
Why Apple is betting big on India | The Economist
The country is a growing consumer—and producer—of Apple’s gadgets | Business (2023)
Supply chains: What Barbie tells you about near-shoring | The Economist
Supply chains are neither global nor local. They are both | Business (2023)
Why the gusty North Sea could give Europe an industrial edge | The Economist
Wind power is breathing life into a new green economy on its coasts | Leaders (2023)
Nvidia In the Valley – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Nvidia is in the valley in terms of gaming, the data center, and the omniverse; if it makes it to future heights its margins will be well-earned. (2022)
German Business - Germany faces a looming threat of deindustrialisation | The Economist
Crunch time for a business model built on Russian gas and Chinese demand | Business (2022)
Midwestern states want to become “hard-tech” hubs | The Economist
Putting their money where their machines are | United States (2022)
Senate approves billions for US semiconductor manufacturing - The Verge
The Senate approved a sweeping science and technology bill, including over $50 billion to boost competitiveness in US semiconductor manufacturing a... (2021)
Intel selects Ohio for ‘largest silicon manufacturing location on the planet’
Chip manufacturer Intel will reportedly spend at least $20 billion on a new chip manufacturing site in Ohio. The 1,000-acre location will play host... (2022)
The Intel Split – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
It appears that Intel’s partnership with TSMC is much larger than it first seemed; the implications for Intel as whole are massive. (2022)
Gelsinger’s opening gambit - Intel’s turnaround and the future of chipmaking
America’s historically hermetic semiconductor giant opens up—and tries to shake up its industry in the process | Business (2021)
The end of globalization? How Biden's Inflation Reduction Act IRA changed the world | FT Film
The US was for decades the exemplar of free market globalisation. That changed with Donald Trump’s 'America first' agenda. President Joe Biden’s la... (2023)
Memory chips: How Micron is Building the Biggest U.S. Chip Fab
Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix are responsible for making 90% of the world’s DRAM memory chips, and Micron is the only one based in the U.S. That’s m... (2023)
Why West Virginia is so Poor
Why West Virginia is so Poor (2023)
Samsung’s Dangerous Dominance over South Korea
Samsung’s Dangerous Dominance over South Korea (2023)
How Space Factories Are Becoming A Reality
Space offers a unique environment for research and development because its higher levels of radiation, microgravity and near vacuum-less state allo... (2023)
Why 3D printing is vital to success of US manufacturing | FT Film
The FT's global business columnist Rana Foroohar explores how new additive manufacturing technology can boost innovation and jobs in a de-globalisi... (2023)
How Nvidia Grew From Gaming To A.I. Giant, Now Powering ChatGPT
Thirty years ago, Taiwan immigrant Jensen Huang founded Nvidia with the dream of revolutionizing PCs and gaming with 3D graphics. In 1999, after la... (2023)
To see Germany’s future, look at its cars | The Economist
As the election approaches, Germany's carmakers will face the same challenges as its new leaders: a need to innovate, tackle climate change and rea... (2021)
How the Tesla Model S is Made | Tesla Motors Part 1 (WIRED)
WIRED Published on Jul 16, 2013 If founder Elon Musk is right, Tesla Motors just might reinvent the American auto industry—with specialized rob... (2018)
Shenzhen: The Silicon Valley of Hardware (Full Documentary) | Future Cities | WIRED
Published on Jul 5, 2016 Future Cities, a full-length documentary strand from WIRED Video, takes us inside the bustling Chinese city of Shenzhen. ... (2017)
Neil Gershenfeld: Self-Replicating Robots and the Future of Fabrication - Lex Fridman Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Lex Fridman Podcast on Spotify. Neil Gershenfeld is the director of the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms. OUTLINE:... (2023)
Semiconductor Shortage and the Global Supply Chain Squeeze - 16 Minutes News by a16z
Listen to this episode from 16 Minutes News by a16z on Spotify. In this week’s episode of 16 Minutes, our show where we talk about tech trends in t... (2021)
Designing Reality - Neil Gershenfeld, MIT
Book from Neil Gershenfeld, professor at MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms, an interdisciplinary initiative exploring the boundary between computer s... (2023)
MIT Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA)
MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms is an interdisciplinary initiative exploring the boundary between computer science and physical science. CBA studie... (2023)
Project Overview ‹ Fab Labs – MIT Media Lab
"Fab Lab" is an abbreviation for Fabrication Laboratory, a group of off-the-shelf, industrial-grade fabrication and electronics tools, wrapped in o... (2023)
The Fab Foundation
Bridging the Digital Divide Design / Fabricate / Share. We work to provide access to the tools, the knowledge and the financial means to educate, i... (2023)