TED Talks
TED: The real reason manufacturing jobs are disappearing | Augie Picado
We've heard a lot of rhetoric lately suggesting that countries like the uS are losing valuable manufacturing jobs to lower-cost markets like China, Mexico and Vietnam -- and that protectionism is the best way forward. But those jobs...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Manufacturing has a Home for Everyone
"If you think it's the old Ford assembly line, you haven't been staying in touch with manufacturing. Manufacturing has a home for almost everyone..." Listen to the case that this manufacturing leader makes for innovation and...
Curated Video
Rethinking Manufacturing - An Emmy Awarded Film (2020)
American manufacturing, once seen as the world’s icon of industrialization and then as a symbol of decline, is once again changing. Rethinking Manufacturing is the story of two young individuals who are on the cutting edge of that...
TED Talks
TED: Will automation take away all our jobs? | David Autor
Here's a paradox you don't hear much about: despite a century of creating machines to do our work for us, the proportion of adults in the uS with a job has consistently gone up for the past 125 years. Why hasn't human labor become...
Curated Video
Heroes of American Manufacturing Rekluse
This is the story of how an idea turned into a product that changed the motorcycle industry, launched a company in Idaho, and positioned a mechanical engineer intern to become the President and CEO. With the assistance of TechHelp, the...
Curated Video
Deputy Secretary Porcari at the Manufacturing Innovations 2011 Event
Department of Transportation (DOT) Deputy Secretary John D. Porcari visited the Manufacturing Innovations 2011 event on May 17, 2011, to discuss key department initiatives and the relationship between DOT and the Manufacturing Extension...
Crash Course
Globalization and Trade and Poverty: Crash Course Economics
What is globalization? Is globalization a good thing or not. Well, I have an answer that may not surprise you: It's complicated. This week, Jacob and Adriene will argue that globalization is, in aggregate, good. Free trade and...
TED Talks
Nirmalya Kumar: India's invisible innovation
Can India become a global hub for innovation? Nirmalya Kumar thinks it already has. He details four types of "invisible innovation" coming out of India and explains why companies that used to just outsource manufacturing jobs are...
Curated Video
The Impact of Manufacturing
The impact of manufacturing on America can be seen in the good jobs it provides, the strength of the economy, and the products built in communities around the nation that enable and enrich our everyday lives. We celebrate manufacturing's...
Curated Video
Heroes of American Manufacturing Series - The Bogert Group
The Manufacturing Extension Partnership's (MEP) first in the "Heroes of American Manufacturing" video series - The Bogert Group. Located in Pasco, Washington, The Bogert Group started out as a 2-person company located in the family...
Zach Star
Automotive Engineering Careers and Where to Begin
Automotive engineering is about the design, manufacturing, and operation of cars, motorcycles, trucks, and other automobiles. Within automotive engineering there are a variety of sub disciplines including safety, performance, vehicle...
Science360
NSF’s INTERN program prepares students for STEM careers outside of academia
NSF’s INTERN program is a new approach to how federal funding can be used to support nonacademic learning for graduate students in science, engineering and education. Through the program, NSF-funded graduate students work with and learn...
Curated Video
Heroes of American Manufacturing Ace Metal Crafts Company
Ace Metal Crafts Company a client of IMEC; (the MEP Center in Illinois and part of the MEP National Network) was launched in 1960 by 16 sheet metal workers who invented techniques that are now standards in sanitary stainless steel...
Professor Dave Explains
The Labor Force
In our society, most people have to have jobs. But what qualifies as a job? How do we determine who is part of the labor force? How has globalization impacted the labor force? We've all heard terms like outsourcing and offshoring, what...
Curated Video
How About that Looming Robotic Job Apocalypse?
Why we should worry about job quality, not quantity—or robot overlords. Amid widespread debate about the impact of automation and trade imbalances on jobs, MIT economist David Autor says his concern right now is “not the quantity of...
Science360
Local 3D printing hubs bring manufacturing back to U.S. Smart America Expo
Imaginestics is a start-up out of West Lafayette, Indiana, founded by Nainesh Rathod. At the Smart America Expo, Rathod was part of a team that demonstrated the potential impact of "Smart Shape Technology" on 3D printing and local...
Curated Video
Automotive Engineering | Careers and Where to Begin
Automotive engineering is about the design, manufacturing, and operation of cars, motorcycles, trucks, and other automobiles. Within automotive engineering there are a variety of sub disciplines including safety, performance, vehicle...
Zach Star
Automotive Engineering | Careers and Where to Begin
Support the Channel: https://www.patreon.com/zachstar PayPal(one time donation): https://www.paypal.me/ZachStarYT Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachstar/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ImZachStar Automotive engineering...
Curated Video
World War II Part 2 - The Homefront Crash Course US History
In which John Green teaches you about World War 2, as it was lived on the home front. You'll learn about how the war changed the country as a whole, and changed how Americans thought about their country. John talks about the government...
IDG TECHtalk
Intel’s $20 billion investment into Ohio chipmaking facility, plus chip shortage updates
Intel recently announced plans to invest $20 billion into a massive new semiconductor fabrication plant in Ohio. This announcement comes as Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said the U.S. urgently needs to increase domestic chip...
Weird History
The Real Rosie The Riveter
From the empowering story of Rosie the Riveter to their pivotal role in manufacturing during World War 2, American women were a vital part of the war effort at home and abroad. Six million women joined the workforce during World War 2....
The Business Professor
Job Order Costing vs Process Costing of Products in Accounting
Cost accounting entails the assignment of costs incurred during the manufacture of a product. Job order costing and process costing are methods of assigning product costs in managerial accounting
Curated Video
How to Rewrite the Rules of Globalization
How did globalization create such discontent in developed and developing countries alike? Nobel laureate and INET grantee Joseph Stiglitz explains in this 150th episode of our “New Economic Thinking“ video series. Stiglitz says that a...
Espresso Media
Mighty Sea Crane: The Future of GustoMSC
Mighty Sea Crane part 8/8: This video showcases GustoMSC, a company that specializes in designing and manufacturing versatile marine cranes for the nautical industry, including the Oleg Strashnov Crane ship. The video emphasizes the...