Editorial Comment

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Tanida Ruangsawat/Dreamstime and Denys Zazimko/Dreamstime

5 for Friday: The Reader’s Choices for 2023

Machine Design reviews the top five articles that readers responded to this year.
Tanida Ruangsawat/Dreamstime

5 For Friday: Salary Survey Optimism; A New (and Important) Acronym; and Ways to Unleash the Potential of Design

Machine Design takes a look at the past week, and a look ahead to the issues facing the design and manufacturing sector.
Humane Inc.

For Better or For Worse, Multimodal AI Cultivates New Frontiers

Integrating AI tools, such as prompt engineering and conversational AI, can be transformative.
Tanida Ruangsawat/Dreamstime and Suthiporn Hanchana/Dreamstime
Collaboration Dreamstime Agreement © Suthiporn Hanchana 124871680

5 for Friday: The Power of Collaboration; a Collaboration Around Power; and the Cost of Designing for Reliability

Machine Design takes a look at the past week, and a look ahead to the issues facing the design and manufacturing sector.
Tanida Ruangsawat/Dreamstime and Natee Meepian/Dreamstime
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5 for Friday: Merging Technology and Challenges; Sustainability to the Bottom Line; New Dimensions in Supply Chain, Cybersecurity

Let's look back at the week to learn about how manufacturers are combining technologies and doing more with less. Machine Design also looked at fixing supply chain gaps with 3D...
Courtesy Pack Expo
Courtesy Pack Exp

5 for Friday: The One Word at Pack Expo; Mergers and Acquisitions of All Kinds; Participate in the 2023 Salary & Career Survey

In this week's look back, Machine Design noted sustainability was the focus at Pack Expo; there were two blips on the acquisition radar; and two associations (AMT and SME) joined...
Tanida Ruangsawat/Dreamstime
Md Salary Caree Promo

5 for Friday: Participate in the Salary & Career Survey; Packing up to Head to Pack Expo; Encore Performances

From our annual salary survey to Pack Expo coverage to process improvements with 3D printing, Machine Design takes a look at the past week as well as a look ahead to the issues...
3DSculptor/Dreamstime and Tanida Ruangsawat/Dreamstime
Dreamstime 3 D Sculptor

5 for Friday: 3D Printing Reaches New Heights; Keeping Cool is No Sweat; Strengthening Links in the Supply Chain

The value of 3D printed parts in aerospace, passive cooling, the modern supply chain, the importance of calibrated sensors for predictive maintenance and the way lasers are used...
OnRobot and Tanida Ruangsawat/Dreamstime
On Robot

5 for Friday: Effective Design from the Start; the Human Side of Cobots; Several New Dimensions on 3D Printing

Controlling costs from the design stage, unlocking human potential with cobots, dissolvable molds and tips for designing 3D printed parts are just a few topics Machine Design ...