I first wrote about substitute skin in 1993. And at the time, it seemed that stand-in organs—at scale—were imminent.

A conversation between Contributing Editor Kip Hanson and CEO of EOS, Marie Langer.

Good science does not equate to workable manufacturing. This has been a longstanding truth in tissue engineering, a field that has been in limbo between academic R&D and commercialization for its entire decades-long existence.

The aerospace industry is setting itself up for a massive conjunction of need for industrial capacity to produce parts in the near future.

To achieve a better world, we have chosen Society 5.0 as our key driver. The evolution of automation technologies in the context of Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0 is fantastic, but the focus should be to benefit society, humankind and the earth.

The concept of smart manufacturing has been evolving for a decade among leading manufacturers, expert practitioners and consortia organizations like CESMII–the U.S.

COVID-19 put a spotlight on the brittleness of the U.S. manufacturing supply chain. Responding to crises of many types requires, at least, the ability to rapidly repair or rebuild the machines that are the foundation of our economy.

Many of the strongest shops are challenging the convention that manufacturing is a conservative sector when it comes to new technology.