Space travel, the new frontier in tourism

If you are looking to escape to an exotic locale unencumbered by tourists, there’s a wide-open destination waiting for you: space.
After all, so far only a handful of people have been able to cas…

What’s the future for real flying cars?

Increasing urbanization means technologists and thought leaders are looking to the skies for faster, more efficient movement of people and objects.
The race to create new breeds of flying vehicle…

New technology in the maritime industry is spurring seachange

For centuries, the maritime business has run on a simple and decidedly low-tech principle: Load goods onto a ship and move them from point A to point B as quickly as possible.

Yet the ship…

Getting an early start on a STEM career

By: Del Costy, senior vice president and managing director, Americas

Household chores helped me realize I should be an engineer. Yes, really. I took a school survey, and my results indicat…

How cloud-based simulation addresses automation challenges

Digital simulation has become an essential capability for planning and verifying automated manufacturing processes such as robotic assembly, packaging and palletization. Simulation and process planni…

Planning for the future of blockchain in manufacturing

What will the future look like? That’s the million-dollar, and in some cases, trillion-dollar question.

In manufacturing, Industry 4.0 envisages a new age where smart technology and smart …

Industry 4.0’s impact on the Generation Z workforce

In Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, I came across an interesting observation. Of those listed as the 75 all-time richest people in the world, which included everyone from the Sultan of Brunei and Queen C…

The future of flight and changing supplier relationships

Business dynamics will change in aerospace supply chains as manufacturers incorporate new technological advances shaping the future of flight.

Advances in materials, propulsion, human mach…

How the future of flight changes product lifecycle management

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong’s televised moonwalk transfixed the world. People couldn’t believe what they were seeing. A spacecraft had safely transported two astronauts 360,000 kilometers (223,6…