Iron Man: Pure Fiction or a Reality Waiting to Emerge?
It’s common knowledge that gadgets and gizmos of science fiction are often the concept behind a lot of modern equipment. What’s the newest technological crossover? Iron Man, according to President Obama. At the “Manufacturing Innovation Event” on Tuesday (February 25th), Obama announced the creation of a Pentagon-led center in Canton, Michigan called the American Lightweight Manufacturing Innovation Institute. The purpose? To create jobs (no big surprise there), serve as a high-tech research center and to produce new materials for high-tech manufacturing. “Basically, I’m here to…