Wichita State University is leading a new a three-year project to assist NASA’s manufacturing paradigm shift from “factories on earth” to “factories in space.”
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By layering tiny nanospheres onto stretchy fabric, scientists have created a material that changes color when stretched. Called "polymer opal" by the team, the material mimics the multicolored brilliance of an opal gemstone. Now, using ink made from synthetic photonic crystals and a printer that can... Read more
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How clever the world feels today when it talks about its accomplishments in the fields of manufacturing and industrial design: efficiency, cost reduction, innovation, automation, worker incentive, job-time reduction, kaizen. Yet Henry Ford was doing it all a century ago.
In-space manufacturing will be the key to deep-space exploration missions and colonising space.
The U.K. is investing in space manufacturing for military components. This is so terrifying!
Check out this pharmaceutical start-up that manufactured an antiviral drug in space.
https://www.space.com/varda-in-space-manufacturing-capsule-landing-success
Space manufacturing is not science fiction or a dream project; it is already happening.
This is perfect! The zero-gravity in space can offer a conducive environment for manufacturing a wide range of products and materials.
Handy for bags but this stuff could also save lives if they get it right -https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0928493114005128
Found it, this is the stuff.
IdeaDrop is an ideas management system and they seem to be in the business of helping big firms to reward people for ideas that save them funds. Its a very good idea, though haven’t experienced the service.
Perkpall is a way to reward employees for cost saving ideas.
Virgin have an incentives programme. But someone should make a service or app that lets big firms sign up and send staff and the public to submit ideas that would save them money.
Not sure if this story is accurate but Ford was a master of efficiency. So posting this resource as a link.