Hoverboard Fire Safety Concerns Grow

Video of a hoverboard scooter on fire in Alabama is raising safety concerns about the increasingly popular consumer product. Here's what you need to know before purchasing one this holiday season.

Dec 7th, 2015

Video of a hoverboard scooter on fire in Alabama is raising safety concerns about the increasingly popular consumer product. Here's what you need to know before purchasing one this holiday season.

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

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Preventing the Top 5 Production Bottlenecks

Almost 40% of industrial resources go to waste due to bottlenecks.

Protective Fabrics Facility Destroyed in Fire

The facility produced body armor, ballistic vests, protective clothing and flak jackets.

Tourists look at an old turbine that was replaced at the Glen Canyon Dam.

Hydropower's Future Clouded By Droughts, Floods & Climate Change

It's also essential to the U.S. electric grid.

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GE Appliances Opens $70M Plant in South Carolina

Team leaders and maintenance employees completed more than 5,700 hours of training in robotics, welding and mechatronics.

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Hemp Oil Triggers Supplement Warning

A patient was diagnosed with a dangerous cardiac arrhythmia.

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Skittles, Starburst Gummies Recalled Over Metal Pieces

A thin metal strand could be embedded in the candy.

Traffic flows along Interstate 90 highway as a Metra suburban commuter train moves along an elevated track in Chicago on March 31, 2021. With upcoming data showing traffic deaths soaring, the Biden administration is steering $5 billion in federal aid to cities and localities to address the growing crisis by slowing down cars, carving out bike paths and wider sidewalks, and nudging commuters to public transit.

Buttigieg Sends $5B to Cities for Safety as Road Deaths Soar

Buttigieg stressed the urgency.

Part of the Didion Milling Plant in Cambria, Wis., lies in ruins following an explosion in this June 1, 2017 photo,. A federal grand jury has charged a milling company with fraud and conspiracy in connection with the explosion that killed five workers in 2017. Court records indicate the grand jury indictment was announced Thursday, May 12, 2022, against Didion Milling Inc. and company leaders.

Company Charged in Deadly 2017 Wisconsin Plant Explosion

The explosion May 31, 2017, leveled most of the sprawling facility.

Boeing Jets Delayed At Least a Year

The delay pushes back the aircraft’s delivery to 2024, but it could take longer.

Abbott to Restart Troubled Baby Formula Plant

It will still take some time to quell supply chain concerns.

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What is a Dead Pool?

It sounds ominous. And it is.