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    Technology Innovations

    Game On: How Gamification Transforms Mundane Assembly Tasks Into Motivating Challenges

    April 12, 2024
    Treating work like a game sounds like a win-win for productivity and employee happiness, but researchers at West Virginia University found some surprising results from their experiment...
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    19 Irish Innovations That Rocked the World

    March 17, 2024
    The Irish are known for crafting fine tales and songs, and even finer spirits and beer. But their ingenuity—when it comes to manufacturing on the Emerald Isle—doesn’t end there...
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    Fun Innovations Friday: Just Plain Cool-Looking Robots

    March 15, 2024
    Feast your eyes on these 9 award-winning robotic marvels that are pioneering robotic design and revolutionizing everyday tasks with style and sophistication.
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    Fun Friday: Manufacturing at the Movies: Willy Wonka and the Health, Safety, and Labor Violations Factory

    March 8, 2024
    It’s not Upton Sinclaire’s “The Jungle,” but it’s not too far off.
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    Fun Innovations Friday: Chameleon-Inspired 3D Printing Technique Uses One Ink to Print Different Colors, Including Red, Gold, and Green
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    Fun Innovations Friday: Chameleon-Inspired 3D Printing Technique Uses One Ink to Print Different Colors, Including Red, Gold, and Green

    Feb. 23, 2024
    The natural world is the greatest source of inspiration for engineers, designers, and creators alike.

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    Do You Know Motors?

    April 15, 2024
    Stepper, servo, AC, DC, synchronous, asynchronous....there are many different types of motors. Take our quiz to see if you know what they do and how they work.
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    Inventors of Transformers Toys Help Design Japanese Lunar Robot
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    Fun Innovations Friday: Inventors of Transformers Toys Help Design Japanese Lunar Robot

    Jan. 26, 2024
    The SORA-Q was jointly developed by Takara TOMY, a toy company; the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; Sony Group; and Doshisha University.
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    Fun Innovations Friday: The Company Replacing Petroleum-Based Plastics With Plants

    Jan. 19, 2024
    PlantSwitch has seemingly solved the issue of single-use plastics by creating a bioplastic material from plants and ensuring that it also works with current plastic processing...
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    Fun Innovations Friday: Turn Your Manufacturing Defects into Profit: How Sweethearts Rebranded its Blurry Conversation Hearts

    Jan. 12, 2024
    For a limited time, the company is offering Situationship Boxes, which feature blurry, misprinted candies that are as hard to read as a real situationship.
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    Fun Innovations Friday: 3D Printer Uses Lasers and Cameras to Print Intricate Designs With a Wider Variety of Materials

    Dec. 15, 2023
    Researchers from MIT, the MIT spinout Inkbit, and ETH Zurich have been diligently working on a new 3D inkjet printer that will change what types of projects can be printed and...