Appear to be two rockets toward the sea of japan. South korean Officials Say they were launched from north koreas east coast. The Officials Say the first took off at around 6 50 a. M. And the second at 8 00 a. M. They say the devices traveled about 180 kilometers and then plunged into the sea of japan. Three days ago, north korean authorities fired Ballistic Missiles into the sea of japan, the latest launches come a day before chinese president xi jinping is scheduled to visit south korea. More details on this story as they come in. Japans cabinet members have approved the countrys new National Security policy. Theyve reinterpreted the constitution to enable the country to use its right to collective selfdefense. So personnel will now be able to help allies under attack. Translator japan has consistently followed a path of peace. Were not changing the countrys course, rather, were trying to further strengthen our stance. The cabinet decision shows our resolution and commitment. Past ad
Of adaptations. We took a wall and started writing all over the Different Things on the wall we thought drones were going to be used for. We came up with a lot of the common commercial ones we talked about here. Then we also kind of had a section of the wall where we wanted to come up with some of the things that we hoped and we wanted to see drones really used for. And aerial delivery of medicines. And those are two examples that we have been involved in since. Any other one of the interesting requests we got early days, walmart found us and they asked us if this is something they publicly talk about. They do, they use satellite imagery to figure out how many people go to the stores. But they want to take a step further and find out how many people go to the stores based on their commercials on tv. So being able to map that and correlate that based on i did this ad campaign and 30 people showed up at the store. Globally and regionally, its huge. All the manufacturing plants in china w
Manufacturing a new Competitive Edge in this global economy. The best thing washington can do is to encourage further growth in investment. As president obama noted in his recent speech touting 3d printing hubs, if you want to attract more good manufacturing jobs, you need to be on the cutting edge. Our company could not agree more. Id like to thank the committee for holding this hearing and id be happy to answer any questions you might have. Thank you, mr. Cobb. Our next witness is Peter Weijmarshausen founder and ceo of shapeaways, the worlds leading 3d printing marketplace and community. Prior to shapeaways, peter was the chief Technology Officer at sanjen which he and his team developed satellite broadcast modems. Hes director of engineering at ermiska where hes responsible for delivering a Business Broadband Service via satellite. He was born and raised in the netherland and moved to new york in 2010. Thanks for being here. Good afternoon, mr. Chairman and members of the committee
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