Breakthrough Science Primer: Manufacturing
Human quality of life has benefited tremendously from the manufacturing improvements that began in antiquity and have surged since the industrial revolution. Our lives are enriched by everything from the clothing we wear to our physical devices and computing infrastructure. In the coming decades, billions of people around the world will enter the global middle class, with more demand for the material wealth we take for granted. At the same time, computational demands will continue to increase, and computing will increasingly be a core aspect of solving every global problem and modernizing every industry. We’ll need to improve our manufacturing techniques to be more environmentally sustainable while addressing the challenges of global supply chains. Technological advances offer us the tools to do all of this. Read our latest thoughts and predictions on the future of manufacturing:
Thought Papers
Blogs
- Backing polySpectra: Materials for 3D-Printing at Manufacturing Scale by Dakin Sloss
- Manufacturing the Future by Bryan Bauw
- How to Optimize Manufacturing Operations by Bryan Bauw
- Manufacturing Strategy by Bryan Bauw
- A Journey into the Wonderful World of Manufacturing by Bryan Bauw
- Know your Manufacturing Risk: MRLs by Bryan Bauw
Webinars
- The Future of Additive Manufacturing
- Advanced Manufacturing: Digital & Physical Integration
- Manufacturing: Scaling Production
- The Future of Supply Chain
Breakthrough Science Roadmap Predictions
- 2025: Green & sustainable manufacturing continues to make traction
- 2029: Parts & products printed on demand
- 2029: Continued automation of manufacturing: Cobots, AMVs, etc
- 2030: Additive manufacturing material adoption
- 2031: Parts & products printed on demand
- 2033: Distributed manufacturing gains traction
- 2031: Adoption of Labor augmentation tech
- 2040: Full stack, lights out manufacturing
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