James Anderton

Toronto

Director of Content at Engineering.com

Technology analyst, manufacturing. Content Director for manufacturing, https://t.co/wQfY0aiP2x. Unabashed advocate for advanced manufacturing everywhere

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Articles

A crystal ball for the future of innovation

1 week ago | engineering.com | James Anderton

GetFocus co-founder and CEO Jard van Ingen on using AI to predict who will succeed in the innovation race. This episode of Designing the Future is brought to you by GetFocus.
How digital is digital manufacturing in 2025?

1 week ago | engineering.com | James Anderton

Mastercam president Russ Bukowski on the state of advanced manufacturing at this critical time. Computer-aided manufacturing has been around in one form or another since the 1960s, but the ability to program CNC equipment was only the beginning. Today, manufacturers are expected to aggregate, integrate and act on vast amounts of data generated on the shop floor, as well as from multiple departments within the organization, and on down the supply chain.
Will reshoring bring back manufacturing employment?

2 weeks ago | engineering.com | James Anderton

Engtechnica.com Editor-in-Chief Roopinder Tara on tariffs, reshoring and the influence of AI. Will reshoring really bring back manufacturing jobs? Will there be enough engineers and trained specialists to handle the major increase American manufacturing production? Will artificial intelligence and advanced robotics replace skilled workers?
The truth about AI in manufacturing

3 weeks ago | engineering.com | James Anderton

Mike Ouellette on separating fact from fiction in industrial artificial intelligence. Engineering.com senior editor Mike Ouellette covers global manufacturing, including the hottest topic today, artificial intelligence. But is it all it's cracked up to be? Ouellete is skeptical, and pulls no punches in conversation with host of the Industry Insights & Trends podcast edition, Jim Anderton. ***Catch up on the latest engineering innovations with more Industry Insights & Trends videos and podcasts.
Will simulation replace engineers?

1 month ago | engineering.com | James Anderton

Michael Alba on why the human touch isn't going anywhere, yet. Today's advanced design software often includes the capability to do advanced computational tasks that ere traditionally done by physical testing. The original engineering methodology was always iterative. Design, test, break and redesign has been the hallmark of engineering for millennia, but a new generation of advanced tools suggest a future where the physical fit and test functions are replaced by software.
What's the state-of-the-art in additive manufacturing?

1 month ago | engineering.com | James Anderton

Jim Anderton in conversation with additive editor Ian Wright on the latest developments. It's been said that additive manufacturing is the newest 25-year-old technology in industry. The science-fiction quality of complex part making from powder or liquid precursors does seem like magic, but it has evolved from a laboratory curiosity to a serious manufacturing technology.
Why The Most Important Part of Any Engineered Product, Isn't the Product

1 month ago | engineering.com | James Anderton

Engineered products get better over time. User manuals don't. Engineered products, particularly consumer goods, have improved continuously since the advent of mass production century and a half ago but that process is accelerating as more devices become software defined. Assembling, configuring and preparing software defined devices for the end user usually require some kind of instruction manual, and one way that manufacturers save money is to move those manuals online.
Advanced technology delivers big engineering projects on time and on budget

2 months ago | engineering.com | James Anderton

Bentley Systems' Julien Moutte on how future tech will affect complex engineering project management. This episode of Designing the Future is brought to you by Bentley Systems. Engineering is applied science. It's also an art, the confluence of creativity and blue sky thinking, constrained by physics. For large engineering projects, particularly in the civil engineering space, it's also about project management.
Connecting Old and New Equipment Through the Internet of Things - Engineering.com

Jan 28, 2025 | engineering.com | James Anderton

As the pace of technological change accelerates, keeping up is becoming increasingly difficult. Whether it’s the operating systems on our laptops, new versions of our smart phones, or the new and unfamiliar features of a new car, change is inevitable. For manufacturers, each new generation of production equipment is smarter than the last, and that added capability means more information generated by each machine, at a faster rate.
Why the Nippon Steel/US Steel Buyout is Critical for US Manufacturing

Jan 22, 2025 | engineering.com | James Anderton

Both the former Biden and now Trump Administrationâ€™s rejection of the proposed buyout of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel will represent a turning point for the iconic American corporation. Nippon Steel has the investment capital and the technology to turn around U.S. Steel, but political considerations, especially in the new administration, mean that the future of U.S. Steel is very much in doubt. ***Access all episodes of End of the Line on Engineering TV along with all of our other series.