It wouldn't be right to produce any content today without paying homage to World Cup Soccer, so before we talk about our Two for Friday, let's take a moment to salute the worlds biggest sporting event! Good luck to all the teams and fans of this amazing event and congratulations to the host country Brazil for their early win. Today was a rich environment for content and … [Read more...]
Making Manufacturing Cool for Current and Future Generations
The Image Problem with Manufacturing in the USA To say Manufacturing in the US has an image problem is putting it lightly. Even Walmart's attempt to rally support for their commitment to US Manufacturing portrayed factories as dingy, dirty, grit encrusted environments. When you talk about manufacturing it conjures up a vision of huge factories in the far east with unskilled … [Read more...]
You Selected Arizona but Tesla May Build the Giga-factory in California
You might recall earlier this month when we asked you where you thought that Tesla would build their 5 billion dollar battery giga-factory. At the time only Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas appeared to be in the running and you voted fairly overwhelmingly in favor of Arizona. On April 26th New Mexico Watchdog reported that there may be a chance that the factory will be in … [Read more...]
Poll: Where will Tesla Build Their 5 Billion Dollar Battery Factory?
The winner(s) of our poll today won't win accolades or prizes, but with this whole selection process heating up for Tesla, one really has to wonder where it will end up. Tesla bringing large scale battery manufacturing to one lucky south/west US state has big implications. The states said to be in the running are Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. If you follow the news … [Read more...]