Semiconductor maker Intel has announced a licencing deal with rival ARM Holdings, which will use Intel’s manufacturing resources to produce 10-nanometre mobile phone parts.
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Ford announces fully driver-less cars on the road by 2021
Ford has announced plans to have completely autonomous cars on the road within five years, with these initially targeted at the ride-sharing market.
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New X-ray technique to view activity inside of batteries
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have created a new imaging technique that allows scientists to probe the internal makeup of a battery during charging and
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BPA substitute in common plastic goods could be dangerous for women’s eggs
A chemical used in plastic products labelled BPA-free could be as damaging to reproductive health as the chemical it replaces, suggests a new study.
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Ford wants to make car parts from tequila plant
Ford and Jose Cuervo are collaborating to determine whether it would be possible to use leftovers from agave plants to create a bioplastic that could replace fiberglass or caulk, to be used in some of Ford’s car parts.
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Tesla northern California supplier network expected to boom
The Bay Area city of Fremont, where Tesla is headquartered, and the surrounding area are seeing an explosion in Tesla suppliers setting up, says the city.
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China will be the winner if US backs out of the TPP
If the United States backs out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a 12 member mega regional trade agreement, it could leave a gap for China to emerge the dominant trading power in the Asia Pacific.
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Tesla to acquire SolarCity
Tesla has announced that it will merge with SolarCity, creating a 30,000-employee entity it claims will be “the world's only vertically integrated sustainable energy company.”
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The death of MakerBot is not the death of an industry
Following the progress of MakerBot, it is easy to be despondent about the whole desktop 3D printing industry. For a short time back in 2010, MakerBot was 3D printing. Anyone who wanted a desktop 3D printer could buy a MakerBot kit or build a RepRap.
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Start-up uses waste coffee, brewing malt, hemp in 3D printing feedstock
North Dakota, USA 3D printing business 3DomFuel grown its product mix to be three-tenths made up of novel filaments, including those made out of beer, coffee and hemp.
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Can the world’s biggest factory ever be fully green?
Like Henry Ford before him, Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk is taking a new approach to car making. Where Ford focused on manufacturing a car that the mass market could afford, Musk is keen to build a vehicle that the environment can bear.
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Tesla ramps up construction to finish Nevada battery site
Tesla has doubled the amount of workers involved in construction of its “gigafactory” in the Nevada desert, aiming to have it complete by early next year and the launch of its Model 3 vehicle.
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USA manufacturing sector achieves best growth since last October
The United States’ manufacturing sector is growing at its strongest rate in nine months, according to the Markit flash PMI result for July.
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Komatsu will acquire mining machinery manufacturer Joy Global for US$3.7 billion
The acquisition is the first major step for Komatsu into the underground mining space since its partnership with GE to develop underground mining technology, as despite the fact it has manufactured mining equipment since 1921 “the company's portfolio does not include equipment for underground mining”.
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OPINION: Unlike in Australia, US elections are all about manufacturing
Unlike our previous election, in fact unlike our past three federal elections, in the US, both candidates for president are vowing to revitalise and resurrect the U.S. manufacturing industry.
In fact,
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Tesla amending autopilot system after fatal crash
Tesla Motors is working on amendments to its autopilot system after it failed to stop a fatal crash earlier this year. In a recent Twitter post, CEO Elon Musk said Tesla is improving its radar system, which is used (along with cameras and computers) to detect objects and automatically brake if the vehicle is about to hit something.
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Bluescope upgrades half-year profit, assisted by US margins, acquisition
US Veep to visit Boeing Port Melbourne factory
United States vice president Joe Biden will visit Australia over the weekend, with his trip to include visits to Boeing’s Port Melbourne factory, the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, and a “major policy speech on the future of the US-Australia relationship."
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Three reasons free trade has become a political football
Surveying democratic election results around the world, it’s clear the high water mark for globalisation has been met. Free trade, always questionable economics, is no longer good politics and in many ways has jumped the shark.
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Alcoa opens new metals powder facility
Alcoa has opened a $US 60 million metal powder production facility in Upper Burrell, Pittsburgh, at the company’s Technology Centre.
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