Rocks, Riches, Rust
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Room with a view: A promotional photo during the building of the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York, circa 1930
The Lean Brain Series
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“Knowledge worker’s ‘machinery’—their brains—can be capricious, rendering thought processes less than reliable, and actions less than rational.”
While heading to a session at the most recent Lean Transformation Summit, I found myself confronted with signage that posed the following open-ended question: “All problem solvers must....”
PQ Systems Launches User Community
(PQ Systems: Dayton, OH) --The PQ User Community, an online meeting place to connect with peers, launched via the PQ Systems.com website on October 2.
Conquering the Challenges of Technological Growth and Success
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Tesla Model 3: Scaling operations to meet mass production demands without compromising product quality will be challenging.
Credit: Tesla Motors
Scientists Bring Visual ‘Magic’ to Light
(Lawrence Berkeley National Lab: Berkeley, CA) -- A butterfly’s wings and a peacock’s feathers use nanoscale architecture to bend light and produce brilliant colors without pigments or dyes, and scientists have been trying to emulate nature’s design.
Printing With Concrete: How I Spent My Summer Vacation
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Here, the printer is printing a carbon fiber-infused plastic mesh on a layer of cement paste. The mesh is laying down on the cement well and is not sticking to the nozzle, which is rare. Credit: A. Thomas/NIST
