2017 saw a swing back to US manufacturing jobs, with 171,000 jobs coming back through reshoring and foreign direct investment.

Motorsports and aviation are finding new, high technology areas in which to collaborate.

A three-ply “skin” that can sense damage and report it to operators in real time before the damage causes a problem has been developed. Conversely, it can also report when it’s still in operational condition and doesn’t need to be replaced.

Engineers from Intel, AMD, and ARM discuss what lies ahead for engineers, and the chip industry in general, in the wake of the Meltdown and Spectre hardware bugs.