I respectfully recommend that this committee encourage and support initiatives such as 3d maryland that have a focus on multisector, cross disciplinary precompetitive collaboration building on the strengths and Core Competencies to advantage practices, foster innovation and grow regional ecosystems taking advantage of public funding sources. Supporting initiatives like 3d maryland builds on the momentum created by recent initiatives such as the National Manufacturing National Additive manufacturing institute. Addressing and creating an adaptive work force that all points on the spectrum is critical to our engagement of these technologies. I would recommend working at the grassroots level, locally with users, with proven track records from both industry and education. So we can institute some changes in k through 16, Vocational Training and apprenticeship programs, et cetera. Wider adoption is inevitable. We need to ensure that the work force is prepared to increase engagement. Studies
He was born and raised in the netherlands and moved to new york in 2010. Thanks for being here. Good afternoon, mr. Chairman and members of the committee. Im peter weijmarshausen. Im ceo and founder of shapeways. Im honored to be here today to discuss how 3d printing is fueling Small Business growth enabling anyone to create a business with fiscal products at low capital cost. As a kid in the netherlands, i loved playing with computers resulting in a passion for open Source Software. Driven by this and my entrepreneurial spirit, i spent much of my career at Startup Software companies. One was blender, the First Company to publish a free 3d software. This turned out to be important. In 2006 i learned about the technology called 3d printing which prints physical objects based on 3d computer designs. I immediately thought of the blender community. A large group of enthusiasts. They were using 3d software but never imagined it would be possible to hold their own designs in their hands. I a
Sneak peeks in just a little bit with alex savidge. It is friday, november 21st im pam cook. That is a Steve Paulson type car. He would look nice. Steve. Dont want the payments. Not the payments. [ laughter ] one more system. We have fog showing up. It will get thicker. Experience tells us here after yesterdays rain which is pretty good. Fizzled out a little bit toward san jose. Blossom hill had just under a quarter of an inch. Not bad. We are between. Next system is is moving in from the north. It will take awhile to get here. Most of the energy will stay to the north but there will be amounts favoring one inch farther north you go. For us it looks like late tonight and tomorrow morning. Napa airport at 42. There is a lot of fog reports showing up here. Halfmoon bay airport at 46. Were okay now but fog, sun, and increasing higher clouds. More clouds to the north. Patchy dense fog though. Clouds will be increasing later on this afternoon. 50s and 60s on your temps. Here is sal with an
50s, 60s, 70s first, the positive spin is that it is out of recession. We did see some signs of life. It wasnt what economists were expecting. I think a big part of it was the big revision down, the thirdquarter gdp number. It was worse. Deeper than first thought. The initial read was negative one point nine. That brought they brought that down to 2. 3. We are looking at growth. The annualized figure is 2. 2 . The estimate was for 3. 7 . The Third Quarter revise number was down to 2. 3 . The recession was a bit deeper than expected. What was the reason for the weakness here . Lets talk about that a little bit. You had the export numbers were quite good for december. But the underlying demand spending, isnt quite where it should be. Lets listen in the hsbc japan economist was here. Listen in. Export is looking quite strong due to Strong Demand in the u. S. But Household Spending is still under pressure. I think that is going to be the case unless we get a big round of wage revisions sta
Personal spending was a disappointment this morning. We begin with the first trading day of the month after a monster february. With an eye on nasdaq 5,000, will the momentum continue into march . Warren buffett on the record on the economy, ibm and the news that these were places amex as costcos credit card partner. The biggest acquisition in tech. Exclusive with the ceo of nxp in just a moment. And after lots of leaks, it is official hewlettpackard also vying Aruba Networks 2. 7 million when you back out the cash. A bit below the stocks close on friday. First up futures are mixed as we begin a new month of trading. China cut Interest Rates for the second time in just over three months. Here in the u. S. February was a pretty nice win for the bulls. The nasdaq up more than 7 . Its best month in three years. Dow up 5. 6. S p, about 5. 5, each posting its best february since 98. Interestingly, last february was also the best february since 98. So the pattern to the years has been pretty