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Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

The Inertial Navigation System provides absolute positioning and is a key part of the sensor suite that is required for autonomous vehicles to safely and accurately navigate from one location to the next.

All About Inertial Navigation Systems

How can autonomous vehicles safely and accurately get from one place to another?

Rockwell Automation Power Flex 6000 T

Compact PowerFlex Drive's Input Voltage Capacity Nearly Doubled

High-voltage feeds can be directly connected to the drive from the main distribution line.

Infant formula is stacked on a table during a baby formula drive to help with the shortage Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Houston. Parents seeking baby formula are running into bare supermarket and pharmacy shelves in part because of ongoing supply disruptions and a recent safety recall.

U.S. Allows More Baby Formula Imports to Fight Shortage

The move will make it easier for foreign manufacturers to ship formula into the U.S.

The ARRW rapid prototyping program used Section 804 authorities provided by Congress to significantly accelerate the development and test of this system.

Air Force, Lockheed Martin Complete Hypersonic Boosted Test Flight

Additional booster and all-up-round test flights will continue throughout 2022.

Due to the high cost involved, most satellites are not removed after their mission is completed.

Space Tether Could Prevent Dead Satellites from Hitting Earth

The E.T. PACK-Fly equipment uses an electrodynamic space tether that does not require propellant.

The test specimen of a Buddha hand was provided by Dazu Rock Carvings, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in China. Repair work using biocement was done at Chongqing University, China, by Dr. Yang Yang. The biocement solution is colorless, allowing restoration works to maintain the carving’s original color.

Renewable Biocement Made Entirely Out of Waste Material

It's made from industrial carbide sludge and urine.

FastBlade's 75-tonne reaction frame fitted with a tidal turbine blade.

Tidal Blade Facility to Be Leading Edge of Green Energy Testing

It is the world’s first rapid testing facility for tidal turbine blades.

Amazon office, San Francisco, Aug. 2019.

Two Plead Guilty in Amazon Marketplace Scheme

The conspiracy used confidential data to give certain sellers an advantage.

Tourists look at an old turbine that was replaced at the Glen Canyon Dam.

Hydropower's Future Clouded By Droughts, Floods & Climate Change

It's also essential to the U.S. electric grid.

Raytheon Intelligence & Space’s high-energy laser systems use photons, or particles of light, to carry out military missions and civil defense.

Raytheon Shoots Down Drones, Mortars with Laser

The DE M-SHORAD effort is aimed at protecting soldiers against various aerial threats.

Emergency services said crews were helping to evacuate the about 100 people on board the passenger train.

Passenger, Cargo Trains Collide in Spain; 1 Killed, 85 Hurt

The cargo train derailed as it came into the station.