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The Digital Factory

The future of manufacturing is digital. We explore the technologies that are transforming fabrication, from advanced 3D printing to AI-assisted design, and get to know the leaders who are bringing the... Read more

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Fireside Chat: FedEx's CIO on the future of the digital supply chain

Fireside Chat: FedEx's CIO on the future of the digital supply chain

Rob Carter has served as FedEx's Chief Information Officer for nearly 20 years, developing the company's information inf... Read more

26 Sep 2019

22mins

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Episode 25: Sustainability as a business model

Episode 25: Sustainability as a business model

Corporate sustainability has its roots in risk management and health and safety management—sort of a conservative, back-... Read more

26 Sep 2019

37mins

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Episode 24: The environmental impact of 3D printing is not what you'd expect

Episode 24: The environmental impact of 3D printing is not what you'd expect

How sustainable is 3D printing? Ask most experts and you’ll get some hand-waving: it creates less waste than machining a... Read more

29 Aug 2019

49mins

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Episode 23: Terry Wohlers on 3D printing at scale

Episode 23: Terry Wohlers on 3D printing at scale

Terry Wohlers, President of Wohlers Associates and author of the authoritative Wohlers Report on 3D printing, is my gues... Read more

30 Jul 2019

34mins

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Episode 22: Networked, Decentralized, AI-driven manufacturing with Bram de Zwart

Episode 22: Networked, Decentralized, AI-driven manufacturing with Bram de Zwart

3D Hubs reoriented its business last fall, away from hobbyists and toward the professional market. Now it’s planning to ... Read more

28 Apr 2019

26mins

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Episode 21: Inside the world's largest 3D printing operation

Episode 21: Inside the world's largest 3D printing operation

The 3D printers at Align Technology turn out half a million parts every day—an exceptional scale that makes the company ... Read more

17 Apr 2019

26mins

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Episode 20: Standard reference peanut butter with Steven Choquette

Episode 20: Standard reference peanut butter with Steven Choquette

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, offers a striking catalog of reference materials that inclu... Read more

1 Mar 2019

45mins

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Episode 19: Dayna Grayson: can startups compete in manufacturing?

Episode 19: Dayna Grayson: can startups compete in manufacturing?

It’s difficult to sell new technologies to big manufacturers. If you’ve got a novel way to build things and a fresh star... Read more

21 Feb 2019

24mins

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Episode 18: Jeff Immelt on the Four A’s of Advanced Manufacturing

Episode 18: Jeff Immelt on the Four A’s of Advanced Manufacturing

The Digital Factory Conference, our advanced-manufacturing leadership summit, is coming back to Boston on May 7. This ye... Read more

1 Feb 2019

21mins

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Episode 17: 2018 in review

Episode 17: 2018 in review

Jon Bruner and Andrew Edman talk about the value of proprietary manufacturing technology, the aesthetics of generative d... Read more

21 Dec 2018

34mins

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