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Glossary: Blockchain

 
 
Blockchain is fundamentally a decentralized technology for storing data. It is a shared immutable ledger for recording a history of transactions.
 
 

 

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Secure 3D Printing and IP with Tokenization Platform

Iagon and Würth Group partner for blockchain-based secure distribution of IP for 3D printing applications.

Blockchain and AM Shake Up Digital Parts Supply Chain

A pair of startups meld blockchain and AM technologies to deliver trust and transparency for on-demand digital parts production.

Next-Gen Competition: Contest at Case Western Sparks Design Ingenuity

Next-Gen Student Competition Profile: The Goodyear Innovation Challenge

RIZE Brings Smart Spaces to the Desktop

Smart Spaces Solutions integrate 3D printing with other intelligent technologies, from augmented reality to blockchain.

Bringing Order to AI Chaos with Blockchain

Investigating the use of blockchain to democratize artificial intelligence.

Manufacturing Industry Vulnerable to Cyberattack

The industry is becoming increasingly susceptible to such attacks as additive manufacturing (AM) gains wider acceptance.

Autonomous Acceptance

The potential benefits of autonomous vehicles are too important to be ignored. On the flip side, there are some valid concerns about self-driving cars that have yet to be addressed.

Live from CAASE18: Why Engineers Should Care about Blockchain

Blockchain will not and cannot realize its full potential until engineers get involved, according to Dan Robles, a CAASE 2018 keynote presenter.

NetObjex Introduces Distributed Ledger Capabilities in Digital Twin Platform

The NetObjex Digital Twin Platform introduces search, data aggregation, and pluggable ID schemes.

Data Takes Center Stage at Hannover Messe Industrial Trade Show

The annual Hannover Messe is one of the world’s largest engineering and manufacturing industrial trade shows.

Engineering’s Link to Blockchain

The technology associated with cryptocurrency offers new approaches to data security and transaction record integrity.

LINK3D Debuts Blockchain to Connect Digital Thread for AM

Blockchain technology is now integrated in LINK3D’s flagship SaaS product, Digital Factory (launched in 2017).

CAASE18 Preview: Don’t Be Late to the Blockchain Party

Most people associate blockchain with cryptocurrency, but CAASE keynote speaker Daniel R. Robles, himself a professional engineer, thinks it's a mistake to overlook the technology's potential applications in engineering.

Tackling Blockchain

So what is blockchain, why is it being so highly lauded and how can it be applied to engineering?

MyBit Brings Peer-to-Peer Lending to Machine Economy

The idea is to eliminate financial barriers faced by entrepreneurs and engineers by providing access to untapped capital and ensuring the proper trust and security conventions to support the exchange.

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