A&D Goes Carbon Neutral: Innovations in Supply and Manufacturing Chains

2020-09-17T16:25:00-04:00

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So the story goes, when Elon Musk’s SpaceX was faced with a $120,000 price tag for a rocket booster actuator, the famed visionary advised his engineer thusly: “That part is no more complicated than a garage door opener. Your budget is $5,000. Go make it work.” Some nine months later, the actuator was finalized at a price tag of $3,900, accelerating production of the rocket while similarly providing impetus to Musk’s objective of verticalizing his supply chain in order to enhance quality, decrease transportation costs, and reduce fossil fuel use.

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Though arguably the most famous, Musk certainly isn’t the only one bent on innova...

Finally, self-parking office chairs

2016-02-16T18:21:00-05:00

To demonstrate an alternate application of their "parking assist" technology, Nissan has outfitted a herd of office chairs to find their own way back to their desks. With a single clap, the chairs swivel and move into position, like the obedient office drones that they are – watch below:

Of course, this technological application is not setting out to solve the controversial issue of runaway chairs. It's an example of how ubiquitous the tech for autonomous vehicles could become (or is becoming, as regulations slowly allow it onto the highway), and a way to familiarize consumers with its very idea at a smaller, more accessible scale.

h/t Contemporist

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A&D Goes Carbon Neutral: Innovations in Supply and Manufacturing Chains

Finally, self-parking office chairs