The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), a manufacturing education and networking association, has come out with a list of innovations that it says could change the way industry makes things.
Among the eight “game-changing” innovations cited by SME are advances in RFID tags, nano fibers and the way electronics are designed.
SME’s Innovation Watch Committee, whose members serve as innovation researchers, identified the 8 innovations as part of its annual Innovations That Could Change the Way You Manufacture list.
“Our committee’s goal was to scan the vast technology landscape for cutting-edge innovations and to investigate ways they can be utilized,” said committee member Christopher Kaye, director of innovative technology at US Endoscopy.