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This is absolutely not my area of expertise, and I can't fully vouch for how well it works, but I was looking for a similar solution for consistency across website graphics and cam…

This might be a sub-strategy of the broader manufacturing technique called “binning” in which products of varying quality, size/weight, performance, or some other variable paramete…

Reminds me of the "Exact Instructions Challenge" videos where kids write instructions for some everyday task - like making a PB&J sandwich - and parents, hilariously, follow the in…

There are quite a few specific examples, all on a spectrum of technical and economic feasibility, of course. Here’s a great place to start: https://www.factoriesinspace.com/

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As a mechanical engineer absolutely obsessed with Lego at a young age, I’ve recently (ie, when I could afford to start buying Lego again!) had to reconcile what I previously enjoye…

Seems like an open-source/DIY or kit (requiring some assembly) for educational applications is great in the context of a class or project where building/fixing/upgrading the robot …

My company designed and built the first few prototypes for a startup, Throne Labs, who deploy prefab, off-grid, (semi-)publicly-accessible (you have to have their app) bathrooms. S…

We turn shipping containers into microfactories that can be deployed anywhere on Earth. We also retrofit containers for all kinds of fun modular commercial, industrial, and even re…

I have no affiliation and no idea what the current status of their effort is, or if they are working with orcas specifically, but this group has crossed my radar a few times: https…

It may seem cheesy and somewhat simplistic at first, but after you get over the cutesy anecdotes and jokes, the book/method "Slicing Pie" by Mike Moyer has been a very helpful reso…

MODICA (Techstars '21 with Stanley Black & Decker) | Software Architect (Platform Development) + more roles | Seattle (preferred), Remote (US, intermittent) | Full-time | https://w…

Granted, no, I don't want my $2,000 exercise entertainment center to show up visibly rusting to pieces, but as a mechanical engineer who works a lot with weathering steels (like Co…

Disclaimer: my company is a Vention "Certified System Integrator" in the Pacific Northwest USA. I can say that Vention, along with their comparables in the modular framing/light au…

Not entirely accurate. Certainly for metals, stone, and other hard materials the entrained abrasive is doing the cutting, but water-only waterjet cutting is used for a lot of thing…

Sure thing! Looking forward to hearing from you.

Sure - we're a startup (MODICA Microindustries) working on a related problem (modular manufacturing equipment), and we spun up a subsidiary (Harbor Island Waterjet) offering waterj…

For floppy materials we use a few approaches: first, instead of putting the material on the standard "metal slat" bed, we use a product called Rhino Board, which is essentially a w…

Site is down, so I'm winging this comment until I can check again later or find an archive, but I wanted to note that my company has cut all kinds of fabric (and also food!) using …

Within our lifetimes (say, the next 40-60 years), no, personally I don't think we'll see completely autonomous end-to-end manufacturing widely implemented (as much as I'd like to, …

Speaking as someone who has been responsible for "turning the lights back on" to fix problems with "fully-automated", "lights-out" factory lines, much of this paper still rings tru…

Can't speak to living spaces since we don't do that, but you have the basic process in mind. You might rip the floor planks/panels out entirely, eliminating the smelly, pesticide- …

Structural modular with offsite prefab, for sure, but I don't know any specifics on the Wuhan hospital builds. From some other coverage, the units appear to have ISO corner casting…

Certainly - the companies (mostly in China) that manufacture containers will do one-offs. They can be specified with less toxic epoxies and composite/alternative flooring, and any …

My company works with shipping containers daily - we modify them for industrial and manufacturing purposes. We reached out to the CURA team several weeks ago, offering our capacity…