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LISTEN: 3-Row Ram Pickup May Be More Than Just a Concept
Is Dodge preparing to create a pickup truck that does everything?
Gen Z in Manufacturing: Why Gen Z Needs to be Mentors for Older Generations
Welcome to another episode of Gen Z in Manufacturing, a podcast where I interview young people about their journeys in manufacturing, how they intend to influence the in...
LISTEN: Stellantis May Kill Money-Losing Vehicle Brands
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has never been one to shy away from candid and sometimes uncomfortable statements about the company’s market position. And his response to the company’s latest earnings report – in which it saw a net profit plunge ...
LISTEN: Tesla Quietly Pushes Back Humanoid Robot Timeline
A recent quarterly earnings report from Tesla resulted in a lot -of media coverage surrounding the company's finan...
LISTEN: GM’s Weird Robotaxi Is Going on the Shelf
When General Motors paid nearly $1 billion for autonomous driving startup Cruise in 2017, it had grand plans for self-driving taxis. The automaker has made a lot of progress since then but things are still not coming together like it had surely...
LISTEN: Airbus Racer Shatters Speed Goals
The Racer is optimized for a cruise speed of more than 400 km/h (250 mph), which is impressive when you consider that a civilian helicopter's cruising speed typically ranges from 110 to 160 mph—military choppers can average around 200 mph. Howe...
LISTEN: Aircraft Prototype Can Now Fly at Unlimited Speeds
The company is also working on the Mk-II Aurora spaceplane, a demonstrator aircraft that combines the performance of a rocket with the quick turnaround of an aircraft. While Mk-II is a tech demonstrator, it will also be used as a suborbital veh...
LISTEN: Man Sentenced for Scheme That Sent American-Made, Military-Grade Tech to Russia
According to the DOJ release, 52-year-old Maxim Marchenko and two unnamed Russian co-conspirators operated an international smuggling network that fraudulently procured dual-use, military-grade OLED micro-displays. This network supplied Russian...
LISTEN: Missed Rock on Chart Causes $1.4M in Damages to Barge
A tugboat and barge, operating together as an articulated tug and barge (ATB), last year ran aground near Marmot Bay off the coast of Alaska. More specifically, the ATB hit a submerged rock while approaching the entrance to a cove, causing abou...
LISTEN: No Good Answers Following Boat Fire in Alaska
Last January, the Qualifier 105, a small passenger boat, was stored at the Northern Enterprises Boat Yard in Homer, Alaska. The vessel was ashore and on blocks for the winter, but when it was in the water, it was used for everything from marine...
LISTEN: OSHA Finds Flooring Manufacturer Required Workers to Stand on Forklift Tines
A Department of Labor investigation revealed that flooring and surfaces manufacturer Ecore International Inc. had committed over a dozen health and safety violations at its p...
LISTEN: Canada Goes Submarine Shopping to Secure Shipping’s Future
Canada is officially looking for defense manufacturing partners to help it significantly expand its submarine fleet as the country looks to secure future shipping routes.Canada’s Department of National Defence said it’s in the market for...
LISTEN: The Sonic Impact of Converting Power Plants to Bitcoin Mining Facilities
A 2021 report by the Wall Street Journal revealed that multiple power plants were being repurposed for mining. But not for...
LISTEN: Automatic Ammo Vending Machines with AI Begin Operating at Grocery Stores
American Rounds, an automated ammunition dispenser company, has installed what is being described as “ammo vending machines” at multiple grocery store locations in Alabama and Oklahoma. The machines reportedly sell a variety of shotgun, rifl...
LISTEN: Sony Layoffs Signal the Death of Recordable Blu-Ray
It seemed the DVD met its match in 2006 when Blu-Ray discs hit the media market with better audio quality and much more storage capacity. And while streaming services soon after became the content platform of choice, Blu-Ray discs have maint...
Aerojet's Upgraded Engine a 'Game Changer' for Lunar Mission
Aerojet Rocketdyne recently completed work on the four RS-25 engines that will help power NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on the Artemis IV mission. Artemis IV is the ambitious plan that will see astronauts live and work in Gateway, the...
LISTEN: Mitsubishi Robot Solves Rubik's Cube in Less Than Half a Second
Last month, Mitsubishi Electric set a new Guinness World Record. The young team outfitted a robot with high-speed, high-precision factory automation equipment and control technology, and made it the fastest robot ever to solve a puzzle cube, mo...
LISTEN: Railroad Crash Fallout Spanned 16 States, 540,000 Square Miles
A new study out of the University of Wisconsin has uncovered the truly alarming consequences of a recent rail disaster - an incid...
LISTEN: 112-Year-Old Minnesota Manufacturer Tries to Recruit Workers from Florida, Puerto Rico
Warroad, Minnesota, is about as north as you can go in the continental United States. The city of about 2,000 people is nicknamed Hockeytown USA due to its ability to consistently produce Olympians. But, in addition to supplying the U.S. nation...
Gen Z in Manufacturing: A College Student's Perspectives of Industry Work
Welcome to another episode of Gen Z in Manufacturing, a podcast where I interview young people about their journeys in manufacturing, how they intend to influence the in...
LISTEN: Koenigsegg Issues Stop-Drive After $3 Million Car Bursts into Flames
Luxury carmaker Koenigsegg has issued a stop-drive after an issue with one of its vehicles resulted in a disaster of epic proportions.An...
LISTEN: Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Major EV Maker’s Secrets
A German and Canadian national residing in China named Klaus Pflugbeil has pleaded guilty to stealing a U.S. electric vehicle company’s trade secrets and using them to build a China-based business. The Department of Justice
LISTEN: Ford Quietly Building Low-Cost EV Team with Rival Talent
Ford has bet on electric vehicles to help drive future growth and like a lot of other automakers, it’s zeroed in on price point as one of the catalysts for driving consumer adoption.The automaker has seen some limited success so far with...
LISTEN: NASA Causes Panic By Accidentally Airing Space Station Emergency Drill
NASA just scared the heck out of a lot of International Space Station (ISS) followers when it accidentally aired an emergency medical drill during a livestream.According to
LISTEN: Lawmakers Call for Blacklisting Company Behind $2B Battery Factory
A group of Republican lawmakers has accused the Chinese company behind a proposed $2 billion electric vehicle battery plant in the Midwest of using forced labor — and urged the Biden administration to blacklist it from the country altogether.
