News | Communities - Manufacturing - Research Guides at Eastern Michigan University

News on Industry, Technology and More

Associations are also a valuable source of news. See the Assocations page in this guide for more info.

Advanced Manufacturing
News on the industry and new technology.
American Machinist
News, specs on cutting tools and event information.
Cutting Tool Engineering
Covers news from the industry, a buyer's guide, event listing and articles.
Industry Week
Current news about the manufacturing industry.
Modern Machine Shop
Information on all aspects of metalworking.
Plastics News
Current information on the plastics industry.
The Manufacturing Center Metalworking Community
Provides links to associations, news, a buyer's guide, a career center, and more.

Info from Sources with
Government Agency Connections

News from NIST
Homepage of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that includes news, databases to search measurement and standard information.
The National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining
The Center offers great value through driving efficiencies into the intricate manufacturing and machining processes required to build such sophisticated products. It works with U.S. government and military contracted suppliers of discrete parts and services to apply those efficiencies effectively.

Innovations from Ideas

Community of Science (COS)
Community of Science (COS) is the leading global resource for hard-to-find information critical to scientific research and other projects across all disciplines. Listings of experts and funding sources.
iMechanica
iMechanica is the site of an open community which uses "the Internet to enhance communication among mechanicians" while creating an online repository for "all knowledge of mechanics." It is hosted by Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. While iMechanica focuses on physics and science, it also serves engineers and mechanics. This is a great resource from one of the great repositories of knowledge in the world.
InnoCentive
An online marketplace of ideas and solutions. Visitors are either a "seeker" (a company or entity in search of a solution to a challenge) or a solver (a company, entity or person that offers a solution to a challenge submitted by a seeker). Seekers pay solvers for solutions that work for them. Challenges are listed in 4 categories by matter of complexity—one challenge resembles an online brainstorming session, others require greater levels of detail, sophistication and specificity to "solve."
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InnoCentive was started in 2001 by Eli Lilly and began its life serving the chemistry and science worlds. The site has since grown heavily into engineering and design and business and entrepreneurship. Whether you seek or solve (or neither), InnoCentive is a great site to witness the power of manufacturing.
SolidWorks Labs
This is the online component of SolidWorks’ R&D division, and it offers access to utilities, widgets and other developments that haven’t as yet been released to the general public. Contains much interesting manufacturing research and information.