The changing relationship between cars and humans

Automotive companies are trying to learn how hardware and software will work in conjunction with autonomous cars. I spoke with Andrew Macleod, the director of automotive marketing at Mentor Graphics,…

The future of flight and changing supplier relationships

Business dynamics will change in aerospace supply chains as manufacturers incorporate new technological advances shaping the future of flight.

Advances in materials, propulsion, human mach…

Improve the product lifecycle with the digital twin

Manufacturing software and digital twins have been the subject of a lot of hype, particularly around digital twins. With that hype comes misconceptions about what the digital twin is and what it can …

Burritos, pizza and paradigm change in the digitalization age

My son and I stopped for some burritos on the way home from a hockey game the other day.
“This restaurant was built to deliver exactly what I want as quickly as I want it,” my son said. There was…

Electric vehicle sales increase with renewed interest

Reports of the death of electric cars have been greatly exaggerated. But don’t be mistaken – it’s taken a while to get to this point.
The concept of the electric car being more expensive despite …

Large-scale additive manufacturing benefits for industrial OEMs

Companies and individual inventors have done amazing things with 3D printing. But what’s not happening is large-scale production of high-quality industrial parts used in machinery, automobi…

Software and hardware together in autonomous cars

Automotive companies are trying to figure out how software and hardware will work together in autonomous cars, and they want companies with electronic design automation experience to help them accomp…

Culture and technology will eat your innovation strategy

By: Josh Ray and Alex Allison

Manufacturing continues to suffer from a lack of qualified workers despite the efforts of associations, businesses, educators and public organizations to attr…

New opportunities, new thinking on design simulation tools

Within every design engineer, it seems, is a perfectionist—someone driven to identify the absolute, best possible designs. The trait is so prevalent that it’s earned a special phrase: engineers who k…