Medieval Medical Books Could Hold the Recipe for New Antibiotics
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A recipe for an eyesalve from Bald’s Leechbook (© The British Library Board, Royal MS 12 D xvii)
Revolutionizing the Art of Metal Fabrication
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Metallurgy is similar to tempering chocolate, in that solidification problems can cause flaws in specialty metals
Contrary to that old cooking adage, “a watched pot never boils,” keeping a careful eye on things—in the kitchen or in the laboratory—can be essential to making a useable (or edible) final product.
Eleven Leadership Guidelines for the Digital Age
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Digitalization requires firms to enter uncharted territories
The Traveling Ohno Circle
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A few spare moments can be turned into an opportunity to observe processes to find waste.
Credit: Luis Triguez
Manufacturing Lessons from Space
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From aerospace to automotive to custom bicycles, if you’re not using the best technology, you’re not creating the most value.
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What Do You Mean My Production Is Wonky?
You can be known as a hard worker and counted on to tie up loose ends, but fall behind when co-workers’ tasks are on hold until yours are complete, and you’re perceived as needing an attitude adjustment. What would you want to do? Place blame or work on a remedy?
Juggling Balls
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They'll be back. Just wait and see.
In a 1995 interview, tech guru Steve Jobs posited that empires could crash and burn if the emphasis is on sales rather than on product.
3D Research Is Smooth as Glass
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Complicated high-precision structures made of glass, like this pretzel, can be manufactured in a 3-D-printing process developed at Karslruhe Institute of Technology.
Almost two years ago, Micron3DP demonstrated one of the earliest forays into 3D printing with glass.
Tides of Change at Ford Motor Co.
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Mark Fields, former CEO of Ford Motor Company and evangelist of its “Blueprint for Mobility”