Manufacturing Technologies

Carl Bass, CEO, Autodesk.

The man behind Autodesk: Carl Bass

The Portable Command Centre concept uses commercial technology to create a semi-virtual environment that can be transported in a briefcase and set up anywhere from within a tent to an office to tackle emergency scenarios such as an outbreak of fire or an act of terrorism - image courtesy of BAE Systems.

Augmented reality to transform battlefield ops

The Finder prototype being tested at the Virginia Task Force 1 Training Facility in Lorton, Virginia, Image courtesy of Nasa.

Nasa heartbeat detector saves four men in Nepal

Robots welding in a production line - image courtesy of DFC.

China begins construction of all-robot factory

Thomas Power, steering committee member, MSTLN

The Internet of Things: 2014 – 2024

Klaus Dieter Rennert, chief executive for Europe, Hitachi Ltd.

Industry 4.0 – where the Internet of Things meets industry

Autodesk-Pier-9-Exterior

Autodesk accelerates future of digital and physical 3D creation

A MakerBot Innovation Center in the US, similar to the one planned for Europe. Image courtesy of MakerBot

MakerBot to establish European 3D printing Innovation Center

The Mega Hornet 2000 plasma cutting machine from Retro Systems - image courtesy of Retro Systems

A look at the evolving world of the plasma cutter

Students compete in the FIRST Robotics Challenge. Image courtesy of FIRST

Thousands attend robotics competition in St Louis

Amazon's 3D printing truck patent diagram 2 - image courtesy of US Patent & Trademark Office

Will Amazon 3D printing trucks revolutionise logistics?