To spur significant innovation and growth in advanced manufacturing, as well as save over $100 billion annually, U.S. industry must rectify currently unmet needs for measurement science and "proof-of-concept" demonstrations of emerging technologies. This is the overall conclusion reached by economic studies funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of four advanced manufacturing areas used to create everything from automobile composites to zero-noise headsets.
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Originally published on CTE: 2016-11-23
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/news/nist-fortify-manufacturing-save-100-billion-closing-tech-gaps/
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