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How Do We Know National Network for Manufacturing Innovation is Working? Because China is Copying It.

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China’s new manufacturing policy roadmap, unveiled in 2015 and called Made in China 2025, includes numerous policy initiatives designed to create an advantage for China in 10 key advanced-technology industries. Several parts of the program imitate the German Industry 4.0

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Big Hero 6 and Minecraft Teaching STEM & Creating Future Makers & Manufacturing Interest

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It began in a New Hampshire high school’s gym, with only 26 teams, and has grown over the years to over 32,000 teams, and more than 350,000 students. Combine kids who are spending their youth making things in Minecraft, additive manufacturing, big data, and the internet of things, wowsa, does manufacturing have a bright future.