Industria

December Manufacturing Technology Orders Cap A Good 2017 Orders for manufacturing technology climbed month-to-month and year-to-date in December 2017, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders report from The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT). Orders totaled $447 million for the month, up 6 percent compared to November. At a cumulative total of $4.5 billion for the year, orders were up 8 percent compared to the year-end total in 2016. “The year ended as market growth looks to pick up speed in the first quarter of 2018 with the only constraint to growth being builders ability to deliver product fast...

Why offsite manufacturing is the future of housebuilding Offsite manufacturing must be prioritised to help solve housing crisis, writes Jonathan Hunter, director of Elecosoft Building more homes is a key part of the solution to the UK’s complex  housing problem, and we agree with many, that improving the speed and efficiency of housebuilding is crucial to enable the delivery of the 250,000 new homes every year that the country needs. The government has recently announced its commitment to boosting off-site manufacturing with policies aimed at supporting the sector. The industry too is recognising offsite manufacturing as a viable solution to skilled staff...

Unlocking millions of dollars in state incentives for solar power in L.A. County Research by GRID Alternatives and UCLA quantifies benefits of installing solar power on affordable housing GRID Alternatives Residents in affordable housing could collectively save $11.6 million annually on their utility bills rooftop if solar panels were installed, according to a new report. Karina Guzman is both property manager and resident of a low-income housing complex for working families in Southern California. Even with the job and relatively affordable rent, Guzman worries about paying her electricity bills. But relief is coming from what she found to be a...

New patented system could prevent motion sickness while riding in self-driving cars  ANN ARBOR—One of the selling points of autonomous vehicles is the chance for drivers to be more productive while traveling. But some, suffering from motion sickness, won't be able to take advantage of relinquishing the wheel. The main cause of motion sickness is a conflict between vestibular and visual inputs when not watching the road while in a moving vehicle. University of Michigan researchers have received a patent on a universal motion sickness countermeasure system they developed to provide light stimuli in the visual periphery of the passenger...

Semiconductor breakthrough may be game-changer for organic solar cells ANN ARBOR—In an advance that could push cheap, ubiquitous solar power closer to reality, University of Michigan researchers have found a way to coax electrons to travel much further than was previously thought possible in the materials often used for organic solar cells and other organic semiconductors. "For years, people had treated the poor conductivity of organics as an unavoidable fact, and this shows that that's not always the case," said Stephen Forrest, the Peter A. Franken Distinguished University Professor of Engineering and Paul G. Goebel Professor of Engineering at U-M,...