Mechatronics Cutting-Edge Skills For High-Demand Jobs In Manufacturing – Computers, Robotics, Electronics By Michael Nilsson with contributions from Naomi Sheehan When Henry Ford implemented assembly line techniques to automobile production in 1913, he revolutionized the skills needed in manufacturing. Factories became filled with low- or semi-skilled workers, who performed repetitive tasks...

By Naomi Sheehan Food production is one of the most important industries in the world. Everybody needs to eat, right? But not every region in the world can grow the staple crops like corn, wheat, rice, and soybeans that form such a large portion of many people’s diets. A few areas, including the central United States, are responsible for acting as the world’s breadbaskets. The world’s...

Are you a creative soul? Do you have the ability to dream up new and useful ideas? Recently Harvard researcher Roger Beaty and his colleagues made two mind-bending (pardon the pun) discoveries:  The whole “left-brain, right-brain” idea we’ve been hearing for years is wrong. It is very likely that creativity can be learned. We should not consider ourselves “stuck” if we aren’t as...

When it comes to the thermostat in your home or office, what’s your comfort zone? 70 degrees? 72? When your system can’t maintain your preferred setting, it’s an HVAC technician to the rescue – and quite often, it’s one trained at Wake Tech! For years, Wake Tech has been a leader in Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration (AHR) training, and the college is now expanding into the...

FDTC Offers Hands-on Training at the Continuum in Lake City By Celeste Nunn  There’s something different about Main Street in Lake City, South Carolina. In addition to the restaurants and storefronts typical to a bustling small town, Lake City’s downtown now boasts the Continuum, a brand new state-of-the-art building like no other.  The Continuum that opened its doors in the fall of 2019 is...