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Fun Innovations Friday: Disney's VR Treadmill Adds Even More Magic to the World of VR Gaming

May 10, 2024
Holotiles from a Disney Imagineer act as a walking pad that lets you move in any direction while always bringing you back to the center so you don't walk off of it.
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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
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Fun Innovations Friday: Inventors of Transformers Toys Help Design Japanese Lunar Robot

Jan. 26, 2024
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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...