Who says manufacturing isn't innovative. Here is a list of Innovations That Could Change the Way You Manufacture from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME):
You can go on line to find out more about each -- and to nominate manufacturing innovations for the 2011 list.
2010
• Printed RFID Tags
• Nanoporous Silicon Electrodes
• High-Temperature, High-Power Microelectronics
• Nanotube Inks
• Nano Fibers
• Self-Healing Agents
• Phase-Changing Polymers
• Bio-Based Products and Materials
Innovations Watch
• Small Gallium Nitride-Based Transistor
• Quantum Dots
• World's Smallest Radio -- Nano Radio
• Dip-Pen Nanolithography
• Method to Print Polymer X-Ray Sensing Panels
2009
• High-Speed Sintering
• Buckypaper
• Synthetic Gecko Tape
• Micro-Laser-Assisted Machining
• Wireless Power Transfer
• Personal Fabrication
Innovations Watch
• Self-Healing Polymers
• Liquid Lens Imaging
• Foldable and Stretchable, Silicon Circuits
2008
• Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM) Part 1 & Part 2
• Ultracapacitors
• Self-Assembling Nanotechnology
• Intelligent Device Integration
• Integrated 3-D Simulation and Modeling/Desktop Super Computers
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