Cut-free zone: a company to copy in a slump (Independent)
The robot trolleys scooting around Canon's Toride photocopier assembly plant quietly beep a little melody – "Toryanse", a traditional folk song – to warn workers that they're coming. The lyrics translate as: "Unless you are going to the shrine, don't take this path", a typically obtuse Japanese way of saying, "be careful or you'll meet your maker". It's an appropriate choice for the famously ...
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Inside Dean Kamen's Seceded Island of Geekery (Slashdot)
mattnyc99 writes "The new issue of Esquire has a long, in-depth, intricate profile of Dean Kamen and his quest to invent a better world. Earlier this month, we discussed Kamen's Sterling-electric car, but this piece goes into much more detail about how that engine works — he got the original idea from the upmodded Henry Ford artifact in the basement of his insane island lab — and about how his ...
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LETTER: Who deserves our thanks? (The Standard-Times)
Who deserves our thanks?
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Electric vehicles all the buzz at LA auto show (Environmental News Network)
Despite plunging gas prices, the auto industry's move to greener and more fuel-efficient technology appears to be gaining momentum with a growing number of manufacturers betting on a market for cars, trucks and crossovers running entirely on battery power. The transformation is being driven home at the Los Angeles Auto Show which runs until the end of the week and showcases a new focus on ...
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The Almanac -- weekly (Moldova.org)
Today is Monday, Dec. 1, the 336th day of 2008 with 30 to follow.The moon is waxing. The morning star is Saturn. The evening stars are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune.Those born on this date are under the sign of Sagittarius. They include detective novelist Rex Stout in 1886; former United Mine Workers president W.A. Tony Boyle in 1904; actress Mary Martin in 1913; ...
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Top 10 worst chief executives (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Last week we profiled our choices for the top 10 chief executives in the technology business, so it's only fair that this week we give you a selection of the worst.
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