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Thought: is the migration of manufacturing away from western countries part of the problem? Lots of innovation in software in the US or UK, but less in manufact
by randomsearch 7y ago
Thought: is the migration of manufacturing away from western countries part of the problem? Lots of innovation in software in the US or UK, but less in manufacturing - perhaps because the skills aren’t there?
- ben_w 7y agoIs there really a lack of innovation in manufacturing? 3D printers (hyped though they are) are improving rapidly. Nanoscale stuff (not just graphene and chips, but also those) are seeing a lot of progress. I’m not in hardware though, so I can’t tell if that’s part of a trend or not.
- randomsearch 7y agoOh, sorry, I mean - as in innovation in hardware products rather than the manufacturing process itself.
- widowlark 7y agoProbably some of the issue, yes. I will say this is chiefly a company-side problem. Lot's of companies still have manufacturing jobs in the US, but they are typically high-skill manufacturing, like Boeing or Tesla.