Most of us would think twice about downing licorice whips, buttered popcorn and a jumbo soda at the movies if we had to spend all day gathering and manufacturing the darn things.
Its falling costs and increasing power are allowing "mass-customised" manufacturing, the gathering and manipulation of vast amounts of personal data and, for the first time, a ready way for customers to tell producers directly what they think, increasingly in real time.
"Please, if you have any issue with the federal government, call us," Peters told a gathering at an eyeglass manufacturing firm.
Computers ease or automate shopping, ticket buying, hotel reservations, information gathering, banking, data processing, trade, manufacturing.
And it is a state that has been hurt as much as any in America by the gathering economic downturn, with 200,000 manufacturing jobs lost since 2000, many abroad.
The implementation study was carried out by gathering data from a single manufacturing organization.
Mr Salmond told a gathering at the Alexander Dennis bus manufacturing plant in Falkirk: "We have to understand the variety of economic strengths and right policy mix to develop these industries and sectors further".
Some are pushing at the boundaries of technology – one suggests a solar powered Newcastle, and as advances in solar manufacturing are once again gathering pace, self-sustainable cities could be closer that we think.
The strength of this model falls into its applicability in data gathering phase which helps decision makers in manufacturing company to perform a fast audition of a typical supplier.
The U.S. economy is gathering momentum and the key driver is manufacturing.
