Arizona Daily Star: Tom Brown and his partner, Page Burr, really did start their company in Brown’s 600-square-foot garage in 1956. It grew into a high-tech electronics firm that employed 1,200 people and sold its products worldwide. In August 2000, it was bought by Texas Instruments for stock valued at $7.6 billion. Brown and his […]
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According to Grand Forks Herald, the next time you see a field being tended by a farmer, he probably won’t be driving the tractor. Initially, the tractors will be primarily for tillage. They’ll have “follow-me†technology, to trail behind a lead vehicle between fields and then follow another tractor, “just like a hired hand would.â€
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When one of the most important e-mail messages of his life landed in his in-box a few years ago, Kord Campbell overlooked it., reports The New York Times. Not just for a day or two, but 12 days. He finally saw it while sifting through old messages: a big company wanted to buy his Internet
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In 2001, Sunit Saxena made a midnight run to the grocery store for wonton wrappers. When he couldn’t find any, he went looking for a clerk. The aisles were empty. He discovered the workers holed up in a back room tearing price tags off merchandise to reprice it for the next day, reports CNNMoney.com. I
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VentrureBeat reports that Shapeways allows users to design and print objects using a 3D printer. The company just added silver to its range of materials. Objects could previously be printed in glass, steel, plastic and a high-performance composite that hardens like a cement to produce full-color objects. To print an object, users either use 3D
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Dog owners that are sick of losing their pets no longer need to worry. Thanks to one inventor, this is one problem solved says Bucks Free Press. The ‘Retrieva’ tracking system was invented by Jon Bryan after this two spaniels Abbey and Oscar did their “usual trick of disappearing” once too often. Realising technology in
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Here soon you will be able to choose which color you want your rechargeable batteries to come in. Red? Blue? Wired has the latest on a new innovation in batteries: spray on rechargeables! Lithium-ion batteries are made by tightly rolling up the various battery components in layers before encasing them in rectangular or cylindrical packaging.
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While putting your head in the sand and ignoring technology will do no good for your business, there are still some tech traps you should avoid. Here are a few from USA Today. Lack of security: Your customer lists, account numbers, passwords, bank information, data, contracts, and other vital information are the lifeblood of your
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Springwise: The racquet can detect service speed, the power of each hit and ball spin to give players feedback on their performance. Sensors located in the handle also monitor the type of stroke — forehand, backhand, serve — and the position of the ball on the racquet, enabling analysis of both technique and game statistics.
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