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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
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BEIJING, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese aluminium company and an Australian university signed an agreement here Saturday to set up an international light alloy research center.
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Tuesday 2 October, 2007 12:58 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Tony Elmasri
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Well I see it - but I would need to get a bit more confirmation before being a convert - too many bad experiences Re Treads - Old timers in the trucking industry were quick to tell you about the problems they had with “them recaps” back in the seventies and eighties. “Ain’t worth the trouble they cause,” they would say.
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Monday 1 October, 2007 08:56 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Adam Crighton
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steel yourselves for this one - sworn industrial enemies - not when business is concerned !! Tata Steel is all set to sign up with two China-based companies for the import of technology and equipment for a 1.5 million tonne per annum capacity coke oven plant to be set up at its proposed 6 million tonne, Rs 15,000 crore steel facility at Kalinga Nagar in Orissa. The estimated size of the contract is Rs 500 crore.
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Saturday 29 September, 2007 09:14 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ali Hamoud
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just get in there first and take their ideas before they can take yours Physicist and star of educational TV during the 1950s and 1960s, Dan Q. Posin was fond of quoting Isaac Newton: “If I have seen further it is by standing on ye shoulders of giants.” Designing control systems may not be on the same level as Newton’s contributions, but “standing on the shoulders of giants”—that is, learning from others’ experience—is always the fastest and most reliable way to solve difficult problems.
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Saturday 29 September, 2007 01:00 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Rose Shah
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good things comein small packages - especially in this industry Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a razor-like material that is truly on the “cutting edge” of nanotechnology.
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Thursday 27 September, 2007 12:25 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dillon Smatcher
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I tried hard to keep this off the news pages - but in the end I was just overwhelmed While the United Auto Workers tentative deal with General Motors may look like a victory for labor, it really shows that a once-powerful union is gasping for life.
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Thursday 27 September, 2007 11:55 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dillon Smatcher
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of course you do - so go for it Want to increase inspection time by factor of 10, raise quality, lower costs, augment worker satisfaction, improve safety, and lower variability - Machine vision
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Wednesday 26 September, 2007 12:26 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ryan
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sometimes - I just know the feeling !!! Two of the best workers at Blue Chip, a manufacturing shop in Columbus, don't take lunch breaks. These model employees draw no salary, work unlimited shifts, and weld at lightning speed.
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Tuesday 25 September, 2007 11:38 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by jackson Browne
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Whether from Ford, Chrysler or GM, Detroit's auto designers have always been under strict instructions not to bring design sketches home; luckily for us, not everyone at the companies obeyed.
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Sunday 23 September, 2007 01:00 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dillon Smatcher
Google may be the ultimate do-it-yourself company. From the start, Google’s sense of its own engineering superiority, combined with a tightwad sensibility, led it to build its own servers. It writes its own operating systems.
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Saturday 22 September, 2007 09:02 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ryan
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you try and choose the right description - whatever words you use they will not do it justice Premium camera manufacturer Hasselbad has released a real killer onto the market as of today. The Hasselbad H3D-39II is a DSLR that is obviously meant for the fanatic enthusiasts or professional photographers.
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Thursday 20 September, 2007 12:19 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dillon Smatcher
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when the bullets are flying, we want this product DuPont will invest $500 million to increase production of Kevlar, best known for its use in military body armor, the company said Wednesday.
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Thursday 20 September, 2007 12:10 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
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World steel production for the 67 countries reporting to the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) increased by 5,3% last month, with China leading the pack as the largest steel maker.
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Wednesday 19 September, 2007 12:46 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ryan
A group of researchers from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and University of Oldenburg (OU) have demonstrated pick-and-place assembly of a working device using a silicon microgripper - described as a 'robotic hand' 10,000 times smaller than a human hand.
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Wednesday 19 September, 2007 12:42 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ali Hamoud
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got to get it out there quicker Although rapid manufacturing got off to a good start, rapid prototyping soon overtook in terms of breadth of applications. But now there are two trends that are worth a closer look: the more widespread use of rapid manufacturing, and the convergence of rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing. Alistair Rae reports.
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Wednesday 19 September, 2007 12:28 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Adam Crighton
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The growing trade in manufactured parts and components is helping East Asia weather the strengthening of regional currencies while inducing greater economic integration
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Wednesday 19 September, 2007 11:47 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by jackson Browne
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if you've got it - flaunt it You can file this next product under the category of “I would probably still not have enough money for this because the resale value of my soul still won’t cover the cost.”
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Wednesday 19 September, 2007 11:39 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Sean
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when I need to know - this is where I need to go Washington, Sept 17: DigitalGlobe , provider of imagery for Google Inc`s interactive mapping program Google Earth, said a new high-resolution satellite will boost the accuracy of its satellite images and flesh out its archive.
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Tuesday 18 September, 2007 12:58 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Rose Shah
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It can be pretty thirsty work with all of the activity in a hot dry place so a cold beer will go down a treat Cobra Beer , founded by NRI entrepreneur Lord Karan Bilimoria, is planning a major expansion in India with the acquisition of an existing brewery and building a new one.
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Sunday 16 September, 2007 12:03 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Peter Wu
Although rapid manufacturing got off to a good start, rapid prototyping soon overtook in terms of breadth of applications. But now there are two trends that are worth a closer look: the more widespread use of rapid manufacturing, and the convergence of rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing . Alistair Rae reports.
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Friday 14 September, 2007 12:39 PM |
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