Manufacturing – Anthrocode

A Tool To Let Companies Design Products Without Harmful Chemicals

Posted on January 13, 2013 by timbatchelder

A Tool To Let Companies Design Products Without Harmful Chemicals
BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com

We all know BPA is bad, but so are a lot of other chemicals we don’t know too much about. A new service lets companies find out if what they’re selling us might end up being the next BPA—so they can save money before they have to recall…

RT @PopSci: A tool for ID’ing the next BPA before it hits the market, c/o @FastCompany http://flip.it/gcOET http://flip.it/Nwkh6

Nike moves faster to clean up its supply chain (greenbiz.com)
What if we stopped funding cancer research? (corporateparadox.wordpress.com)
Toxic Products Have To Go, Says This Petition (natureworldnews.com)
Nike Moves Faster to Clean Up Supply Chain (sustainablebusiness.com)
Mind the Store: A Superhero Stance (greenandcleanmom.org)

Stainless steel appliances are not stainless

Posted on December 24, 2012 by timbatchelder

Should Appliance Makers Pay To Replace Stainless Steel Appliances That Rust?
Chris Morran, consumerist.com

(MrStinkhead)One of the more widely held beliefs about stainless steel appliances is that they will never rust. Alas, this isn’t necessarily true, as the alloy’s corrosion-resistance depends on its level of chromium and nickel. As the demand for…

http://flip.it/HpFJM

The Introduction of Stainless Steel Products (alternativematerials.wordpress.com)

The Fab Academy is a six-month long digital fabrication program

Posted on November 25, 2012 by timbatchelder

Providence, RI Fab Academy Now Accepting Applications for 2013
By Brian Jepson, makezine.com

The Fab Academy is a six-month long digital fabrication program directed by MIT’s Neil Gershenfeld, and based on his rapid prototyping course How to Make (Almost) Anything. The Fab Academy started as an MIT outreach program, an…

http://flpbd.it/dNjyn

Congratulations, Your iPhone Has Been Unlocked (makezine.com)
NASA To Use Google And MIT Backed Satellite For Finding New Planets (ubergizmo.com)
Printing Custom Lego-Compatible Beams (makezine.com)

Biotechs engineer ancient organisms and speed product development

Posted on March 21, 2012 by timbatchelder

National Science Foundation (NSF) Logo, reproduction allowed. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

New Boston biotech companies such as Ginkgo BioWorks, Cambrian Innovation, and Manus Biosynthesis are tapping into ancient organisms and new IT capabilities to produce new solutions that are environmentally clean, US based, and fast with as little as 6 month product development life cycles. Gingko notes that 1/4 of their employees are software developers and they are run more like a chip fabrication factory, with robotic automation and bar-coding than a bio lab. The products they are developing include new electrofuels, fine chemicals such as flavors, fragrances, remediation technologies, bio-similars support and new genetic security systems using DOE, NSF, and DARPA grants.

Researchers making microbes that can do the dirty work – Boston.com.

TypesOfNewProducts (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Umetrics Announces Global Sales Partnership with Sartorius Stedim Biotech (prweb.com)
Chief Medical Officers in Biotechs Finally Have Their Own Conference (prweb.com)
3 Biotech Growth Stocks Near Highs (seekingalpha.com)
Biotech cheers U.S. GMO salmon study (upi.com)
Startup DNA (slideshare.net)
Dueling Trends: USDA vs. US Consumers (eatdrinkbetter.com)
Olympus Biotech International Ltd and BonAlive Biomaterials Ltd Announce Distribution Agreement (prnewswire.com)

CBI: Conferences for the Pharmaceutical Industry

Posted on September 7, 2010 by timbatchelder

BioCamp participants getting insights into the... — BioCamp participants getting insights into the pharmaceutical industry (Photo credit: Novartis AG)

CBI | The Leader in Conferences for the Pharmaceutical Industry.

In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms Are the New Bits | Magazine

Posted on February 25, 2010 by timbatchelder

via www.wired.com

An interesting new article in Wired on the way that social networking, crowdsourcing and software driven, personal manufacturing is transforming the manufacturing of every type of good. Indeed the worlds of bit and atoms are merging at a rapid clip.

Innovation Lessons From 3-D Printing (sloanreview.mit.edu)
Bits of Atoms (farisyakob.typepad.com)
Robots Will Lure Us WIth Cheaper Goods, But They Come WIth Hidden Risks To Society (businessinsider.com)
Video of the Day: Chris Anderson on the 3D Printer Revolution (p2pfoundation.net)
Hero material: 10 fascinating facts about graphene (conversations.nokia.com)
Chris Anderson on 3D Printing and the Maker Movement (surprisinglyfree.com)
Will 3D Printing Be The Next Personal Technology Revolution? (digitizd.com)

CMCL Pharmaceutical Consultancy

Posted on August 28, 2008 by timbatchelder

CMCL Pharmaceutical Consultancy.

Christine Cameron

IT/Information & Decision Solutions (IDS) at P&G

Posted on August 24, 2008 by timbatchelder

IT/Information & Decision Solutions (IDS) jobs at P&G.

In looking at how different companies run their information functions and how IT is developing I studied the new IDS model at PG Information and Decision Solutions. Technology is shifting from the Systems title to Business and Solutions titles.

Symmetria Software eBusiness Platform (procurementtv.wordpress.com)
Network Solutions Public Ecommerce (programmableweb.com)
eBusiness Vs. e-commerce (diversityoasis.wordpress.com)
Thriving In A Post-ITaaS World: Clouds As Platforms For Innovation (chucksblog.emc.com)
GoMad: the next evolution of social media is born today in the UAE (jazarah.net)
Oracle Ebusiness Suite 12.1.3 Oracle VM templates (blogs.oracle.com)
Happy Holidays For eBusiness (beanstalk-inc.com)
Interview with Content Strategist Kristina Halvorson (distilled.net)
Proctor and Gamble Blots Out Women’s Faces To Please Haredim (failedmessiah.typepad.com)
Cloud Technology Has Some Businesses Struggling for Bandwidth (smallbiztechnology.com)

15 companies that will change the world – MFG.com

Posted on August 24, 2007 by timbatchelder

Image representing MFG.com as depicted in Crun... — Image via CrunchBase

15 companies that will change the world – MFG.com (5) – Business 2.0.

This amazing site will allow you to upload your CAD for free and manuf will bid and build it. it is the ebay of manufacturing and a growing 3D search database. Apple uses it.

MFG.com Lands Huge Department of Defense Engagement: in the Cloud! (spendmatters.com)
Fabricating.com — A New Politically Charged Spend Marketplace for Custom Parts Launches (Part 3) (spendmatters.com)
Is the Re-shoring of Manufacturing a Trend or a Trickle? (forbes.com)
Fabricating.com: A New Politically Charged Spend Marketplace for Custom Parts Launches (Part 1) (spendmatters.com)
MFGWatch portends continued gloom for manufacturing industry (worldcadaccess.typepad.com)
Can the U.S. handle a manufacturing comeback? (money.cnn.com)
Print mfg Chooses Screen Truepress Jet2500UV (whattheythink.com)

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