Trump Is Predictably Backstabbing Apple on Tariffs
Apple CEO Tim Cook has done an awful lot of schmoozing with Donald Trump, and to date he’s gotten a lot of out his…
Apple Pays Finisar $390 Million to Try and Lock Down Its Supply of Precious iPhone X Sensors
Tech giant Apple brought the iPhone X to market this year, but not without significant production stumbles that…
Historians May Have Been Wrong About This Ancient Roman Vase for Centuries
New research shows that the British Museum’s most famous artifact—the Portland Vase—was manufactured by a different…
Tesla Will Open an Electric Vehicle Plant in Shanghai's Free Trade Zone
Automaker and alternative energy giant Tesla has signed off on a deal to build a manufacturing facility in Shanghai,…
Intel Is the Third Company to Shame Trump and Resign From His Manufacturing Council [Update: And Then There Were Five]
On Monday night, Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich announced his resignation from President Donald Trump’s American…
Is This Foxconn Factory the 'Big, Big, Big' Apple Plants Donald Trump Bragged About?
On Wednesday, top Republican leadership including President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the…
Apple Declines to Comment on Donald Trump's Claim Tim Cook 'Promised Me 3 Big Plants—Big, Big, Big'
President Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that Apple CEO Tim Cook had called him up and “promised…
Google Glass Is Officially Back, Doing Something It Doesn't Suck At
Google has officially announced what we’ve known for two and a half years—Google Glass isn’t dead, the company has just…
A New Approach to 3D Printing Removes the Limitations of Gravity
The potential for 3D printing to revolutionize manufacturing is astounding—if the technology can overcome a few…
Colored Light Makes This Magical Origami Fold Itself One Step at a Time
Much like cassette tapes, land lines, and broadcast TV, one day, “some assembly required” might be a phrase that’s…
As CRT Supplies Vanish the Classic Arcade Machine is Virtually Dead
The classic arcade cabinet will soon be all but extinct. The niche market of manufacturing CRT televisions has…
Ikea's Now Making Chairs the Same Way Nike Makes its Knitted Sneakers
There’s nothing quite as comfortable as wearing a sweater knit by a grandparent, right? That’s why Nike started using…
This Machine Weaves Chain Link Fences Like It's Knitting a Sweater
We were totally wrong in assuming that chain link fences were made by a warehouse full of people tirelessly bending…
Making Striped Plastic Drinking Straws Is Satisfyingly Complex
Of all the objects you use on a daily basis, you’ve probably never stopped to wonder how plastic drinking straws came…
These Crazy Robots Are 3D Printers That Build Together
3D printers are getting way faster and more intricate. Now, Siemens has created a swarm of spider-like robots that can…
Look Inside the First Ever U.S. Airbus Assembly Plant
This is the brand new Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility — where you seem to be able to eat your lunch from the floor.…
MIT’s MultiFab 3D Printer Is One Giant Leap Towards a Real-Life Replicator
One day 3D printers will be able to churn out working electronics and fully-functional machines, instead of just…
Discover The Manufacturing Process of Toy Figurines
One of the absolute best shows on television is How It’s Made, which goes through the manufacturing processes of…
These Slithering Modular Snakebots Are the Future of Robotics
A snakebot recently crawled up my leg. The engineers sort of grinned while I grimaced, wondering if I should try to…
MIT Scientists Can Now 3D Print Optically Transparent Glass
3D printing has become a cheap and versatile way of creating new solid objects — but some materials have so far refused…