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Production Technology

The Versatile Laser: How It Works

Lasers are powerful light beams, capable of shining into the sky or cutting through solid materials. They can be colored or ultraviolet and are the favorite accessory of rock bands and Bond villains alike. They’re also both older yet more recent than people realize: the theory of lasers was first introduced in 1958. But what […]

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Production Manufacturing

The Bot of Emotions: Meet Pepper

People have various reactions when you bring up robots with emotions. Some are on board with the idea; they respect that if robots are expected to work like humans,  it’s only natural that they should feel the same as we do. Others fear them eventually overthrowing us or life as we know it turning into […]

Production Transportation

Ford, Baidu, and Internet Cars (Oh My!)

Does your car have internet connectivity? How about Bluetooth? Sirius XM? GPS? If you have a more recent make and model, it most likely does. However, the technology is still very much in beta, as it were. Voice recognition and automated cars in particular still have several glitches in the system. Car companies also aren’t […]

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Production Transportation

Daimler and Mercedes Partner to Make First Autonomous Trucks

Gridlock, rush hour, traffic jam…it seems like streets are permanently filled with cars. While options like mass transit and carpool lanes help elevate some of the issues, it’s still a problem plaguing cities of all sizes. One company, Daimler, thinks they may have the solution: autonomous cars. Autonomous, or self-driving, cars are not a new […]