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Employees can make a difference in internalizing sustainability and translating high-level commitments from a corporate sustainability plan into action and results. Employees make far-reaching decisions impacting an organization's environment and social consequences on a daily basis. What is the evidence for employee engagement to further sustainability within organizations?
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Mycestro™ is a 3D mouse that fits on the index finger and allows you to control your computer with hand gestures and mouse functions. Via Umberto Sculpture, ManufacturingStories
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12 year old boy designs and 3D prints his own chess pieces, and donates any profits from sales to charity via Cubify Via ManufacturingStories
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Our nationally rebounding economy is paying dividends here, where some manufacturers report more jobs than qualified applicants. Via ManufacturingStories
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re:3D — one of Austin’s newest start-ups: Gigabot with its USP is all about size: A considerable increase compared with other 3D printers at the same level. “our project is aimed at designing the first large-format 3D printer… that you can take home with you. It’s not only about taking the amazing technology of 3D printing and amplifying it. If we’re successful, we can envision entire markets opening up to use this technology. Markets which have struggled to maintain the status quo, let alone use some of the cutting-edge technology that for the rest of the world is an overnight delivery away. We believe that by making a production-quality model of our 3D printer, and putting it in the hands of small businesses anywhere on the planet, will give them the flexibility to sustain their community, their business, and ultimately, the world we live in.” Via ManufacturingStories
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This VIDEO is really fun to watch. Very neat DIY machine! Delete the scoop?
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A team from MIT has been working on an innovative 3D design project, which is intending to more than double the solar power generated from a given area. Via ManufacturingStories
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The 4th IFR CEO Round Table discussion on 22 January 2013 at the Automate in Chicago focused on the impact of industrial robots on employment. Two robot user... Via ManufacturingStories
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A company making tissue for drug tests using three-dimensional printers is teaming up with Autodesk to learn ways that industrial 3-D printing of inanimate objects can be adapted to make living things. Via Kalani Kirk Hausman, ManufacturingStories
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The people at Organovo Holdings have teamed up with autodesk to design bioprinting machine. This machines main idea and fuction is to have the capability to print living tissues and hopefully move on to a more complex task such as organs. Although presentlyhe people at Orgnovo are able to create a slice of tissue, they require alot more hard work to reach their goal of being able to create a whole liver.Being able to recreate human body parts with the aid of 3d printing may not be so far off into the future. This would be music to the ears of people who have lost limbs or have been critically damaged in someway. This could also mean that we are able to sustain a elderly persons vital organs for longer period of time. Delete the scoop?
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Big Data, a recently launched journal, explains how we can define and make sense of "big data." The term “big data” has emerged as a popular way to describe the increasing volume of information available about companies, consumers and other subjects. But how can we define and make sense of big data? According to IBM, big data spans four dimensions: volume, velocity, variety and veracity. “Big data is more than simply a matter of size; it is an opportunity to find insights in new and emerging types of data and content, to make your business more agile, and to answer questions that were previously considered beyond your reach,” Via ManufacturingStories
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Plane makers don’t mince words about the fastest growing market in aviation. “Single-aisle aircraft remain pivotal,” declares Boeing’s long-term market view. “Over the next 20 years, we project that 23,240 single-aisle planes will be delivered, representing nearly 70 percent of commercial plane deliveries and 45 percent of total delivery value,” Boeing says..Read More.. Via ManufacturingStories
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Lean manufacturing isn’t all about waste. It is more about building organizations than trimming them. A popular definition is “do more with less. Via ManufacturingStories
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My dad had a saying over his desk which read: "Time waste is the easiest of all and the hardest to correct becasue it does not litter the floor". Delete the scoop?
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The first meeting of the House Manufacturing Caucus for the 113th Congress provided a national stage for the new National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute. “To have testimony before the Manufacturing Caucus and for people in Washington, D.C. to be talking about the Tech Belt is going to continue to build a lot of momentum for us,” said U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, D-13....Read More... Via ManufacturingStories
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FARO technologies has created an application called SCENECT, that uses the depth sensor in an XBOX Kinect or an Asus’ Xtion PRO LIVE to create 3D models for printing Via ManufacturingStories
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3D Systems has released a 3D reverse engineering and design tool developed in partnership with portable 3D measurement solutions specialist Creaform, specifically for their newly released Go!SCAN 3D portable scanner. Via ManufacturingStories
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In the age of digital manufacturing, the line between the physical and digital worlds is demolished to create a whole new future for the industry. Via Machinery Resources, ManufacturingStories
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The factories of the future will need top notch manufacturing technicians. Technical skills training and CTE-STEM are curcial in K-12. Delete the scoop?
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Two years ago, a Dutch student named Dirk Vander Kooij was designing furniture and preparing for his graduation project when he was inspired by an old 3D printer. So he got his hands on an industrial robot from a Chinese production line and reprogrammed it into a 3D printer to print furniture using recycled materials from old refrigerators." Via Daniel Booth, ManufacturingStories
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This is the future, not only 3D printing but being able to use recyclable materials to produce furniture and not only in 1 design, variety and uniqueness are the key element here, and to be able to do it in 3 hours. Why stop at chairs? What’s stopping any other product being designed this very way? 
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This article shows how 3D printing can be used to make practical things, such as chairs, out of recycled materials. 
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The thing is why just not getting more than it. More and more things could be produced by it. Delete the scoop?
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As the United States works toward rebuilding domestic manufacturing in an effort to foster growth, companies will be seeking out the next generation of their manufacturing workforce. A lack of domestic talent in the U.S. will force companies to look to other shores. Those same companies have been impacted by the digital revolution that has and will continue to change how manufacturers design, develop and bring new products to marke Via ManufacturingStories
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The Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Program at the National Science Foundation (NSF) focuses on the education of technicians for high technology fields. Via ManufacturingStories
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GRIFFIN, Ga. — Giant machines are tearing down the old bleachery, another reminder to Chuck Smith that this old mill town doesn't make much anymore. Via ManufacturingStories
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We’ve learned a lot about cancer, but far from enough. Doctors have gotten better at diagnosing the disease, but they still struggle to pick the right weapon for a patient to fight cancer’s aggressive behavior. “Cancer is very complicated and very different from patient to patient,” says Michael Gerdes, cancer researcher at GE Global Research (GRC) in New York. “We really have not done an adequate job matching patients to therapies. We get some patients but we miss a lot.” Via ManufacturingStories
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This is a vw bus toy that is also a small box. You can print different versions of different pieces and put it together the way you want. You can download th... Via ManufacturingStories
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This Week in Engineering - Exploring the lunar far side; robot jumps with explosions; bionic eye; repurposing nuke detectors; herding cattle electronically; and moths drive a truck., Funny engineering video produced weekly. Via ManufacturingStories
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Printing out body parts? Cornell University researchers showed it's possible by creating a replacement ear using a 3-D printer and injections of living cells. Via ManufacturingStories
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BC jobs remain linked hand in hand with the manufacturing sector which is starting to migrate back to North America from oversees. Via ManufacturingStories
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With support from Lumina Foundation for Education,
The Manufacturing Institute presents a special report on the need for new models and different approaches to manufacturing education. The report focuses on the challenges and opportunities as it relates to articulation and transfer of credit between two-year and four-year schools, with an emphasis on embedded industry-recognized certifications. Via ManufacturingStories
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Last week The Economist conducted an on-line debate on the question: Do multinational corporations have a duty to maintain a strong presence in their home countries? After a very intense written debate between Harry Moser, former president of GF AgieCharmilles and founder of the Reshoring Initiative, and Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor of Economics and Law, Columbia University, the vote was 54% "yes," and 46% "no."..Read More.. Via ManufacturingStories
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The post Employee Engagement Matters provides the following statistics as evidence for engagement:
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• The Corporate Leadership Council reports that engaged organizations grew profits as much as three times faster than their competitors. Highly engaged organizations have 87% less staff turnover and 20% better performance than average.
• A global survey by Tower Perrins-ISR involving more than 664,000 employees in 50 companies found that the operating income of companies with engaged employees improved by 19% in one year, while it declined by 33% for companies with low levels of employee engagement.
• Fully engaged employees are 2.5 times more likely to exceed performance expectations than their disengaged colleagues.
• 59% of engaged employees say their job brings out their most creative ideas compared to only 3% for disengaged employees.
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• Many factors, such as leadership, integrity, immediate management and fair treatment, influence employee engagement. However, increasing evidence shows that performance on sustainable development also plays part. For example, a survey by Ipsos Mori10 found that:
70% of employees with a favorable perception of their company’s community engagement plan to stay for the next 2 years. compared to 50% of those with a less favorable perception.75% would recommend their company if they feel it is environmentally responsible, versus less than half if it is not.47% of job-seekers are more likely to join and stay with a company that addresses social issues.75% of employees who believe their employers pay enough attention to environmental protection and sustainable development reported higher levels of commitment.