'Obama Administration Announces Manufacturing Institutes"

[applegrove]

Obama Administration Announces Manufacturing Institutes

Posted by Eric Hand at Nature.com

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/05/obama-administration-announces-manufacturing-institutes.html

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The administration of US President Barack Obama announced this week that it is committing US$200 million to create three advanced-manufacturing innovation institutes, focusing on digital manufacturing, lightweight composites and next-generation power sources.

The new institutes are another step in Obama’s plan to reboot America’s manufacturing sector with a National Network for Manufacturing Innovation. Obama’s fiscal 2014 budget requested a one-time $1-billion investment to fund the network, which would consist of 15 more institutes around the country.

The institutes will mesh industry, universities and community colleges with federal agencies to design and implement innovations in manufacturing. Funding will come from the defence, energy and commerce departments, as well as NASA and the National Science Foundation. Industry partners and local governments will provide matching funds.

A pilot programme for the initiative launched last year in Youngstown, Ohio, focusing on additive manufacturing, often referred to as 3D printing. “This is a great next step,” says David Dornfeld, a mechanical engineer at the University of California, Berkeley. “A lot of enthusiasm has already been generated for these institutes.”


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[Gregorian]

1. WOW! I can't believe it! Oh, I really am not one to use the word "huge".

This alone could be the beginning of the end of barrages of planeloads of STUFF coming from China.

There is no reason why the still ever growing bike businesses have to run to China, Singapore, Taiwan to get frames and parts made. Hell, I have a friend who lives in Santa Cruz AND Taiwan. He's back and forth.

It's about time.

[applegrove]

2. Partnerships between government, money and business ideas are what gave Ottawa

its high tech boom for 50 years. Germany and Singapore too have much government support of industry. So glad Obama is in power.

[octoberlib]

3. K&R

[L0oniX]

4. Gee why not stop the H1B tech shit? Tech companys are full of shit when they say they can't...

find qualified IT workers in the US ...that will work ...for shit wages ...and no health insurance ...that they can afford.

Well his global corporate masters have a plan...

Obama warned over H1B visa denials

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/obama-warned-over-h1b-visa-denials/913370/

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

5. This is great news! Youngstown is pro-labor and in Pat Ryan's district

Hopefully, students won't sign their futures away to banks to pay for their education.

[Cha]

6. Good for the Obama Admin.. K&RRRRRRRRRRRRRR

"Reboot" for $1 Billion, please!

thanks applegrove

[forestpath]

7. Or he could just stop pushing horrendous trade deals.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

8. *And* he could just stop pushing horrendous trade deals.

[Knightraven]

9. Good idea.

"Funding will come from the defence, energy and commerce departments, as well as NASA and the National Science Foundation." Another good idea. They will benefit in the long run thanks to this.

To me it is a win all around.

[mick063]

10. Great

Now I predict we get the following:

The corporate purchased ability to commonly refine and patent public domain.
Innovation and resulting jobs taken over seas where "operational costs" reign supreme.
A policy where taxpayers are to typically foot the bill for corporate research and development.


Really. We have given enough to the "job creators".