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Film in the digital age is a novel thing for many. 200 36 EXR 35mm film for color prints. Photo by Waldemar Yet it’s also an increasingly popular medium, so much so that storied brand name Kodak is revamping its film production to meet the increasing demand for the once-dominant medium. The company recently shut […]
The Cabin Factory asks you to check and see if an array of creepy mass-produced movie cabins are haunted or not. It’s your first day on the job (and given your task, I get the feeling most people don’t make it past the first day), and you need to walk around a couple of cabins […]
Transforming a car manufacturing plant entering its seventh decade into a futureproof facility, ready for AI-powered autonomous driving, comes with natural challenges. Among them: 1960s architecture drawings—and the imperial system. “We had to survey everything and go out with the tape measure,” explains Dan Ford, site director at Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) site in Halewood, […]
Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) startup VinFast has announced plans to build an additional production facility in its home country, which is expected to double the company’s output and help meet increasing demand. On Sunday, VinFast said it is looking to build its second factory in Vietnam, which it says will produce 300,000 vehicles per year, […]
MANUFACTURING OUTPUT contracted to second straight month in October, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Friday. Preliminary results in the PSA’s latest Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI) showed that the factory output, as measured by the volume of production index (VoPI), fell by 1.8% year on year in October from the 5% […]
In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla increasing its sale incentives, a potential new EV credit in California, Rivian’s new factory gets funded, and more. Today’s episode is sponsored by Huffy Bicycles, a household name in micromobility. For a limited […]
Rivian has announced the conditional approval of a loan of up to $6.6 billion for its previously delayed Georgia manufacturing facility, set to help the company fund production of its upcoming R2 SUV and R3 and R3X crossovers. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has granted Rivian conditional approval for the Georgia factory loan as […]
Introduction: The Future of Factory Operations with Emulate3D and NVIDIA Omniverse Rockwell Automation’s integration of NVIDIA Omniverse into its Emulate3D digital twin software marks a significant advancement in the manufacturing industry. This partnership combines Rockwell Automation‘s deep industrial expertise with NVIDIA’s cutting-edge technologies to offer enhanced capabilities for factory operations. By leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) […]
China’s flagship civilian aircraft maker, which is now competing with Airbus and Boeing in the home market, is weighing plans to turn its C919 factory compound into an industrial tourism hotspot and base of patriotism education, according to a company source. The state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) will let tourists visit portions of […]
Using bad cookware can make even the most competent chefs feel like they’re in an episode of Kitchen Nightmares. Chefs and culinary experts worldwide use All-Clad pans as the gold standard, including the reviews team here at WIRED. All-Clad cookware is expensive, but it lasts for years and years. And years. So how do you […]