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    Scott Achelpohl
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    Toyota’s City of the Future

    Jan. 16, 2025
    Woven City, a small community that intertwines inventors and regular citizens, takes center stage in Toyota’s attempt to evolve into a new kind of company.
    Dennis Scimeca
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    Coolest Things That I Saw at the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show

    Jan. 30, 2025
    Senior Technology Editor Dennis Scimeca discovered technologies that ran from the practical, to the impressive and the just plain weird.
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    Competitiveness

    US Energy Independence Began 20 Years Ago and Is a Force Today

    Jan. 9, 2025
    The competitive advantage for U.S.-based manufacturers, who consume roughly one-third of the country's energy resources, began with the "shale gale" of the early 2000s and innovations...
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    Strategic Planning & Execution

    Tariff Hikes, Emerging Tech, Trade Wars: Outstrategizing the Competition in 2025

    Jan. 3, 2025
    Navigating the global economy is increasingly complex, but there are ways to simplify doing business.
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    Additive

    Nano Dimension Fires CEO Amid Struggles in Additive Manufacturing Space

    Dec. 27, 2024
    CEO Yoav Stern ousted at Nano Dimension as merger with Desktop Metal enters a possible courtroom fight.

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