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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.

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PepsiCo's New Sustainability Goals Include Halving Virgin Plastic Use by 2030

The food & beverage giant's new pep+ transformation is centered on sustainability goals for positive agriculture, value chain and choices.

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Engineers Embed 3D-Printed Objects with Sensing Technology

Designers could use the method to print "interactive input devices."

Miniature gardens are planted on the rooftops of unused taxis parked in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021.

Idled Thai Taxis Go Green with Mini-Gardens on Car Roofs

Many can’t afford the daily payments, so they have abandoned the vehicles.

Tyler Campbell uses an electric hedge trimmer at the New York Botanical Garden, the Bronx, New York.

American Yards Quietly Go Electric

The quality of low-emission electric landscaping equipment has rapidly improved.

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3D Imaging Technique Could Benefit Medicine, Electric Cars

The new computer simulation method can equip engineers and doctors with more, better information.

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U.S. Retail Sales Up Surprising 0.7% in August Despite Delta

Online sales soared 5.3% last month.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with four private citizens onboard, lifts off in this time-exposure photo from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

SpaceX Launches 4 Amateurs on Private Earth-Circling Trip

A spacecraft orbited Earth with an all-amateur crew for the first time.

In this photo made through a windshield, the sensors and lights are seen at the west bound toll gate of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Cranberry Township, Pa., on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. More than $104 million in Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls went uncollected last year as the agency fully converted to all-electronic tolling. Turnpike records show the millions of motorists who don’t use E-ZPass have a nearly 1 in 2 chance of riding without paying under the “toll-by-plate” license plate reader system.

Turnpike's Switch to Digital Tolls Led to $104M Going Uncollected

Toll revenue “leakage" is a particular problem for the debt-strapped Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Michelle Bachelet, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaks during a press conference at the U.N.'s European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 9, 2020.

Moratorium Urged on AI that Imperils Human Rights

A U.N. official called for bans on government "social scoring" systems and other AI tools.

In this May 23, 2012 photo, surveyors work next to Canadian Pacific Rail trains which are parked on the train tracks in Toronto.

Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern Deal Back on Track

Canadian National dropped out of the bidding war Wednesday.

An MEP waits in the plenary for the session to begin at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Sept. 15, 2021.

Europe Outlines Ambitious Plan to Boost Chipmaking

The European Chips Act will link research, design and testing.