In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager discuss the noun “production.”

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STUFF TO CHECK OUT FROM THIS EPISODE

Things to read: 

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World. Wohlleben, Peter.

Things to watch:

Black Panther. (Movie) 

“Field Trip” episode of The X-Files (TV) 

The Good Place. (TV Series)

The Ruins. (Movie)

Things to do: 
Learn more about Skynano Technologies
Learn more about Gideon
Ponder whether or not humans have free will.

Works Cited: 
Deloitte Insights and Manufacturing Institute. Report. Creating pathways for tomorrow’s workforce today.

Flinn, Kathryn. “The Idea That Trees Talk to Cooperate is Misleading.” Scientific American. July 19, 2021.

Grant, Richard. “Do Trees Talk to Each Other?” Smithsonian Magazine. March 2018.

Koechlin, Florianne. “The Dignity of Plants.” Plant Signaling and Behavior. vol. 4,1. 2009: 78-9. 

Marr, Bernard. The 10 Biggest Future Trends In Manufacturing.

Moyer et al. Oxygen Evolution Activity Limits the Nucleation and Catalytic Growth of Carbon Nanotubes from Carbon Dioxide Electrolysis via Molten Carbonates.

Nano Werk. Carbon nanotubes – what they are, how they are made, what they are used for.

National Association of Manufacturers. Facts About Manufacturing.

Research and markets. Global Autonomous Mobile Robot Market (2022 to 2030) - Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecasts.

StartUs Insights. Top 10 Manufacturing Trends & Innovations for 2022.

Szalavetz, Andrea. “Digital Technologies Shaping the Nature and Routine Intensity of Shopfloor Work.” Competition & Change, June 2022, p.1. EBSCOhost.

Wohlleben, Peter. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World. Greystone Books. 2016.

(Note – You can read and download the cited articles on EBSCO & JSTOR if your public library membership gives you access to these databases.)