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WTTW News | July 19, 2021 2:05 pm Crain’s Chicago Business reporter A.D. Quig takes us behind the headlines.

Distribution and democratization represent two complementary paradigms that are gaining increasing attention in manufacturing. Distributed manufacturing (DM) allows for geographically dispersed production, often at small scales and near the end user. Democratization enables large populations to engage in manufacturing. Massively distributed manufacturing (MDM), which combines these paradigms, is performed on demand by a large network of people located anywhere. Rather than rely on mass production in centralized factories, MDM promises to improve the responsiveness and resilience of manufactur...

 E-Mail IMAGE: The software can detect defects in the printed parts and determine where in the printer the defects occur. view more  Credit: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Researchers at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed software to improve the accuracy of 3D-printed parts, seeking to reduce costs and waste for companies using additive manufacturing to mass produce parts in factories. "Additive manufacturing is incredibly exciting and offers tremendous benefits, but consistency and accuracy on mass-produced 3D-printed parts can be an issue. As with any produ...

Stop Wincing about IoT and Get Moving Neil Strother, Principal Research Analyst, Navigant Research [NYSE:NCI] Neil Strother, Principal Research Analyst, Navigant Research [NYSE:NCI], Neil Strother is a Principal Research Analyst in the Energy Practice at Navigant. Neil's current work focuses on smart metering technolo...  More >> The Internet of Things (IoT) keeps popping up on many a CIO’s radar. Yet, many struggle with how to intelligently harness promising IoT technologies and platforms—it can be an elusive endeavor. Is this you? You are not alone. A glo...