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How to Bring Manufacturing Back to the U.S.
Bre Pettis, co-founder of MakerBot and current CEO of Bantam Tools, says the U.S. must bring prototyping and manufacturing back in-house, close the skills gap and build an independent manufacturing wor...
Snapchat's Flying Camera is Like an Adorable Little Stalker
Cameras on drones is not a new concept but Snapchat’s just announced Pixy offers an interesting take on the product category.Instead of being controlled by the user, the Pixy flies itself and follows the user like an adorable little cre...
Quirky Rules in the Musk, Twitter Deal
It was hard to look away from the Elon Musk-Twitter chronicles that spanned a few weeks. Musk became the social media platform’s bigge...
The World’s Largest Concrete 3D Printer
Wind energy has the potential to dramatically reduce the world’s dependence on carbon-emitting energy sources, and governments across the globe are racing to develop new wind power facilities amid efforts to curb global warming.But setti...
Datsun Revival Fails, Car Brand Officially Dies
You may recall that there was a lot going on in 2020. A lot. So in case you missed this one, we’ll offer up a quick recap:In May of that year, just a scant two months into the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic, Nissan
Elon Musk Says Tesla's Robot to Soon Out-Value its Cars
Tesla has continued to absolutely floor it, with revenue in its 2022 first quarter outpacing last year’s
Drivers Who Survived Amazon Warehouse Collapse File Lawsuit
An Amazon warehouse collapsed and six workers died after a tornado struck the facility in Edwardsville, Illinois on Dec. 10. The company is still facing repercussions from decisions that were made that day. In a
Lucid Unveils Most Powerful EV on the Planet
Newark, California-based Lucid Group burst onto the electric vehicle scene with their Air model, which touts an industry-leading 520-mile range. You might also remember the company commencing manufacturing last spring at their recently complete...
Aerospace Startup Aims to Cross the Pacific in an Hour
It’s been nearly 20 years since the end of the Concorde put supersonic passenger air travel on hold, but startups and industry giants alike are working on ways to not only fly beyond the sound barrier, but potentially much faster — into the rea...
Airbus Jet Flies on Cooking Oil
Cooking oils are crucial for frying all the foods that make life so worth living. But after they fulfill their destiny and get our jalapeno poppers nice and golden brown, they are also often used as a sustainable fuel. And not just for cars, bu...
SpaceX Competitor to Attempt Mid-Air Rocket Grab
This might come as a surprise to some of you, but SpaceX is not the only name in privatized space launching services. For example, Long Beach, CA-based Rocket Lab has had 25 successful launches since 2017, and deployed over 100 satellites into ...
DOL Finds Pay Practices Abusive to Warehouse Workers
The U.S. Department of Labor’s investigators and attorneys are working to prevent companies along the United States-Mexico border from exploiting Mexican workers. W...
French Fry Plant's 'Suspicious' Potato Turns Out to Be Grenade
Night shift workers at a New Zealand french fry factory were rattled by an unusual discovery last week that ended with a call to the bomb squad.Richard Teurukura, a worker at the Mr Chips factory in Aukland was reportedly observing the c...
Blunder Hampers Boeing’s Air Force One Production
Another tough headline is about the last thing Boeing needed.The entire global aviation sector suffered in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but Boeing has also faced production issues with its 787 Dreamliner and the grounding of the 7...
Log Book Reveals All the Cars That Sank on Felicity Ace
It’s been a big year of cargo ship disasters, and so we’ll forgive you if you have a short memory for the individual catastrophes which have befallen global shipping in recent months.If the name Felicity Ace jogs your memory, that’s pro...
Former Engineer Convicted after ‘Textbook Example’ of Industrial Espionage
A federal jury convicted a former general electric power engineer of conspiracy to commit economic espionage. The decision foll...
Manufacturing Heads to Space
Last summer, Jeff Bezos spent 11 minutes in space and determined that it would be best for the planet to move all polluting industries to space. ...
More Thieves Strike Stellantis, Steal Rams, Challenger Hellcats
Reports have recently emerged regarding thefts of brand new vehicles from factory storage lots in the Detroit area, and unfortunately it’s not the first time.In 2018, then-Fiat Chrysler fell victim to a rash of thefts from secure holdin...
Red Bull Stunt Will Have Pilots Switch Planes in Mid-Air
If Red Bull really does give you wings, then now is the time.For years, the maker of the energy drink has sponsored an array of the most
Aston Martin's Last Fossil-Fuel V12 Vantage
Aston Martin has revealed the final edition of its V12 Vantage sports car. As the automaker plans to introduce its first f...
Fukushima Quake Knocks Down Chipmaker
When it comes to the global supply chain for high-demand semiconductors, if it’s not one thing, it’s another. And it seems just as analysts were hinting at a future reprieve from bottlenecks, there’s been another big hit that could have far rea...
Tesla Employee Fired for YouTube Tech Reviews
Whenever a Tesla employee gets fired, it seems to make headlines. In this instance, John Bernal, a former Autopilot employee at Tesla, was fired last month because of video reviews he conducted on his YouTube channel. In a video of ...
Western Sanctions Crush Russian Automaker
At the height of the Cold War in the 1960s, Soviet officials joined with Italian automaker Fiat to form a state-owned Russian car company.Over the decades, the brand that came to be known as Lada became a symbol for Russia’s industrial s...
