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When we think about the way things are made, we often imagine massive buildings filled with heavy machinery, thousands of miles away from the people who actually use the products. For decades, this has been the standard. If you needed something complex, you ordered it and waited for a long supply chain to bring it to your door. But the world is moving faster now, and in high stakes environments like defense or disaster relief, waiting weeks for a shipment is no longer an option. This is the...

When we look at the sky today, we are seeing the results of a massive shift in how humans interact with technology. It was not that long ago that a remote controlled aircraft was a fragile hobbyist toy that could barely stay in the air for ten minutes. If a light breeze picked up, you were likely to spend the rest of the afternoon climbing a tree to retrieve your gear. Today, the situation is entirely different. We are living in an era of advanced drone systems that have moved from being...

When we look at the world of manufacturing today, it often feels like we are stuck in the past. We have incredible designs and brilliant engineers, yet the way we actually get those designs into the hands of the people who need them is slow and rigid. Traditionally, if you need a complex piece of equipment, you wait for a factory thousands of miles away to build it, pack it, and ship it across an ocean. This model works when everything is calm, but in a world that moves faster every day, that...