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Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 refers to a new phase in the Industrial Revolution that focuses heavily on interconnectivity, automation, machine learning, and real-time data. Industry 4.0, which encompasses IIoT and smart manufacturing, marries physical production and operations with smart digital technology, machine learning, and big data to create a more holistic and better-connected ecosystem for companies that focus on manufacturing and supply chain management.

Carbon Capture Tech Uses Cost-Effective Sponge-Like Form

DETROIT - For the last 100 years, the leading method for carbon capture in chemistry has been a process known as amine scrubbing. Amines are organic, ammonia-derived compounds that contain nitrogen. In an aqueous solution, they are able to selectively remove carbon dioxide from gas mixtures. However, oxygen degrades them every time they're cycled, which means that more

By |2022-06-03T08:48:09-04:00June 3rd, 2022|Carbon Capture, Industry 4.0|
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Toyota Demos Prototype Cartridge To Make Hydrogen For Vehicles Portable

TOKYO, Japan - One of the myriad issues with hydrogen as a clean energy source is infrastructure, as it's very expensive to move around and store an extremely explosive gas. Toyota and its subsidiary Woven Planet believe they may have a solution with a new portable hydrogen cartridge prototype. The idea is that they can be filled up

By |2022-06-03T08:36:44-04:00June 3rd, 2022|Auto Tech, Featured, Industry 4.0|
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Workforce Strategies for Manufacturers Wednesday, June 8

GRAND RAPIDS - In the final webinar of the series with The Right Place, the Center-West, and MiBiz, we will focus on identifying the skills and competencies needed for the 21st manufacturing business and how to build or attract a workforce that has them. Registration is now open for The Workforce That is Necessary: How

By |2022-05-27T08:11:28-04:00May 26th, 2022|Industry 4.0|
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Special Crystals Generate 1,000 Times More Voltage From Solar Cells

HALLE-WITTENBERG, Germany - The photovoltaic effect of ferroelectric crystals can be increased by a factor of 1,000 if three different materials are arranged periodically in a lattice. This has been revealed in a study by researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU). They achieved this by creating crystalline layers of barium titanate, strontium titanate and

By |2022-05-26T12:32:00-04:00May 26th, 2022|Industry 4.0|
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Limitless Electric Power By The End Of Decade Now Possible

LONDON, UK - Scientists have been scrambling to crack the code to harness nuclear fusion, which has been hailed as a “holy grail” energy source. Eventually, a nuclear fusion process could generate electricity by using heat from fusion reactions. This is the same process used by stars, where hydrogen atoms fuse together to form helium and

By |2022-05-26T09:37:48-04:00May 26th, 2022|Featured, Industry 4.0|
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Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center To Merge U.P., Traverse City Offices

PLYMOUTH - The Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center plans to merge its regional offices in the Upper Peninsula and Traverse City later this summer. Marquette-based Northern Initiatives, a nonprofit community development financial institution (CDFI) that works with small businesses and entrepreneurs, currently houses MMTC-Upper Peninsula. Following the merger, Northern Initiatives plans to continue partnering with MMTC both in the

By |2022-05-25T12:27:34-04:00May 25th, 2022|Industry 4.0|
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SME And Women In 3D Printing Join Forces To Build Diverse Manufacturing Workforce

DETROIT — Industry leaders SME, a non-profit professional association dedicated to advancing manufacturing, and Women in 3D Printing (Wi3DP), a global organization with a mission to close the gender gap in Additive Manufacturing (AM), are partnering to attract and build a diverse next gen workforce to advance the AM industry. “SME has been enabling the

By |2022-05-17T14:09:54-04:00May 17th, 2022|Industry 4.0|
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MIT Joins Startup Backed By Bill Gates To Build Viable Fusion Reactor For Clean Energy

BOSTON - The Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has signed a new five-year agreement with Commonwealth Fusion System (CFS) to continue their collaboration on fusion energy research and education activities, an institutional press release said. Backed by Bill Gates, the CFS is a technology spinout from MIT and

By |2022-05-15T12:11:03-04:00May 15th, 2022|Industry 4.0|
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New Battery Type Provides Low-Cost, Long-Term Energy Storage

DETROIT - A new battery design could allow for more affordable, long-term energy storage, a press statement from Imperial College London reveals. The Imperial team of engineers and chemists developed a polysulfide-air redox flow battery (PSA RFB) with two membranes. This dual membrane design provides a workaround for some of the issues with PSA RFB, meaning it could

By |2022-05-12T19:10:12-04:00May 12th, 2022|Industry 4.0|
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