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Manufacturing in Space and Independent Space Travel

Manufacturing in Space and Independent Space Travel

AI hardware infrastructure: semiconductor chips, GPU’s, energy and more

AI hardware infrastructure: semiconductor chips, GPU’s, energy and more

CBA and FabLabs from MIT - DIY projects and the Maker Movement

CBA (center for bits and atoms) and FabLabs from MIT - DIY projects and the Maker Movement

Starbase starships - SpaceX and Independent Space Travel

Starbase starships - SpaceX and Independent Space Travel

Steel manufacturing and Carbon Emissions, Global Warming

Steel manufacturing and Carbon Emissions, Global Warming

Chipmaking in the USA - semiconductors, Intel, others

Chipmaking in the USA - semiconductors, Intel, others

Samsung - Semiconductor Chipmakers

Samsung - Semiconductor Chipmakers

Semiconductor Chip Shortage - post-COVID pandemic

A collection of articles about the Semiconductor Chip Shortage - post-COVID pandemic

Copper, Cobalt, Lithium, Nickel: Commodities and Batteries for Electric Cars, Homes and More

Copper, Cobalt, Lithium, Nickel: Commodities and Batteries for Electric Cars, Homes and More

Exoskeleton Technology - Robotics and Automation

Exoskeleton Technology - Robotics and Automation

Boston Dynamics - Robotics, Automation

Boston Dynamics - Robotics, Automation

Manufacturing in the USA

Manufacturing in the USA

Robotics, Automation and Dexterity

Impact on the future of work from Robotics and Automation

Plastics and Packaging - Trash, Recycling and the Environment

a collection of articles and resources about packaging, Trash, Recycling and the Environment

Nvidia - GPUs, gaming cards, semiconductors

Nvidia - GPUs, gaming cards, semiconductors

Glass Blowing, and Craftsmanship

a collection of articles about Glass Blowing, and Craftsmanship

Robotics, Automation and Food - delivery, preparation

Impact on the future of work from Robotics and Automation, with a focus on food

Resources within this category

Article

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)


Article

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)


Article

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)


Article

How fast can European steelmakers decarbonise?

One of Europe’s dirtiest industries has ambitious plans to go green | Business (2023)


Article

Samsung should be wary of Intel-like complacency. Semiconductors

It is too cosy at the top of the memory-chip market | Business (2023)


Article

Indonesia’s nickel boom tests Western green sensibilities

Making batteries for electric vehicles requires environmental and geopolitical trade-offs | Business (2023)


Article

Why Apple is betting big on India | The Economist

The country is a growing consumer—and producer—of Apple’s gadgets | Business (2023)


Article

Supply chains: What Barbie tells you about near-shoring | The Economist

Supply chains are neither global nor local. They are both | Business (2023)


Article

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)


Article

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)


Article

Midwestern states want to become “hard-tech” hubs | The Economist

Putting their money where their machines are | United States (2022)


Article

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)


Article

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)


Article

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)


Article

Samsung Electronics wants to dominate cutting-edge chipmaking | The Economist

The South Korean dynasty’s third generation is taking on TSMC and Intel. Can it succeed? | Business (2021)


Article

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)


Article

Construction techniques. The rise of 3D-printed houses

Your next home could be a printout | Science & technology. Mighty Buildings … (2021)


Article

Chip shortage: Toyota to cut global production by 40% - BBC News

The world's biggest carmaker will cut output in September, while VW warns it may have to make further cuts. (2021)


Article

The chip shortage is getting worse. From Ford trucks to Xbox, the chip shortage is still causing problems - Vox

The semiconductor supply crunch came for cars and phones. Now consumers are facing higher prices. (2021)


Article

The problem with reinforced concrete

Reinforced concrete is everywhere. But unlike plain concrete, which can last for centuries, reinforced concrete can deteriorate in decades as the r... (2021)


Article

Apple commits $430 billion in US investments over five years - Apple

Apple today announced an acceleration of its US investments, with plans to add 20,000 jobs across the country over the next five years. (2021)


Article

In win for Taiwan, ASML opens chip-tool training center for TSMC - Nikkei Asia

TAINAN, Taiwan -- Europe's biggest chip equipment maker has opened a $16 million high-tech training facility to serve Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturi (2021)


Article

Biden signs executive order calling for semiconductor supply chain review - The Verge

President Biden signs an executive order to address the ongoing semiconductor shortage hampering the production of consumer goods from companies li... (2021)



Article

Samsung Foundry: New $17 Billion Fab in the USA by Late 2023

Samsung Foundry has filed documents with authorities in Arizona, New York, and Texas seeking to build a leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing fa... (2021)


Article

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)


Article

Technology and geopolitics - The struggle over chips enters a new phase | Leaders | The Economist

The age of their manufacture in China could be beginning. Samsung in South Korea. TSMC in Taiwan... (2021)


Article

Sanofi to help produce 100 million Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine doses | Reuters

Sanofi will fill and pack millions of doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine from July in an effort to help meet the huge demand for the U.S. drugmaker... (2021)


Article

Rolls-Royce says new Covid-19 strains will slash travel this year | Rolls-Royce | The Guardian

Engine-maker’s shares tumble as it says it expects to burn through £2bn in cash (2021)


Article

A new architecture - Chipmaking is being redesigned. Effects will be far-reaching

The global semiconductor business is becoming at once more diverse and more concentrated. This brings opportunities—and risks (2021)


Video

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)


Video

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)


Video

Why West Virginia is so Poor

Why West Virginia is so Poor (2023)


Video

Samsung’s Dangerous Dominance over South Korea

Samsung’s Dangerous Dominance over South Korea (2023)


Video

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)


Video

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)


Video

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)


Video

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)


Video

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)


Podcast

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)


Podcast

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)


Book

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)


Website

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)


Website

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)


Website

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)


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