If gun rights activist Cody Wilson gets his way in his legal battle, soon anybody including convicted felons and the mentally ill with a few raw materials and access to an industrial 3D printer could build a plastic firearm, gun control advocates say. Tech experts and stakeholders in the gun control debate are divided on whether the emergence of 3D-printed plastic guns presents an immediate safety threat to U.S communities.
A West Virginia company that was a focal point of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling is being recognized within its industry. Impression Products of Charleston, which recycles printer cartridges originally made by Lexmark, was on the winning side of a unanimous Supreme Court decision this past May. The case received coverage from Fortune to The New York Times.
In a recent B2B technology survey, ABI Research finds that 44% of manufacturing companies currently have 3D printers in operation, however, most of these deployments are for prototyping purposes only. This is set to change over the next ten years as the Federal Aviation Administration and the European Aviation Safety Agency approve more 3D-printed parts for use in commercial jet engines, and additive manufacturing specialists continue to innovate for production scale implementation in other industries.
Staples announced on Wednesday that it will go private, selling itself at a huge discount to Sycamore Partners, a firm focused on keeping distressed retailers afloat. The deal values the office supply company at $6.9 billion, a fraction of the nearly $19 billion it was worth in early 2010.
Election Day is one of the biggest revolving events for the media. Once every four years, the political rhetoric intensifies to its peek on a fateful Tuesday in November.
Americans face daunting challenges beyond the apparent grasp of the principal contenders for president. Rekindling growth and creating enough good-paying jobs will require wholly rethinking how we educate and socialize young people for work.