Monthly Archives: September 2012

There's no arguing with the fact that +Chrysler has made an absolutely remarkable…

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There's no arguing with the fact that +Chrysler has made an absolutely remarkable recovery from bankruptcy and its absorption into +Fiat.  Following the bankruptcy, the company refreshed the entire lineup in just 18 months (including finishing some redesigned models that were in progress before the meltdown) and the pace has continued with development of all-new models like the Dodge Dart and the SRT Viper. 

The staff at Chrysler has plenty of reason to be proud of their accomplishments. Unsurprisingly though, it looks like burnout could soon start to set out in and Sergio Marchionne may have to let his team back off a bit or risk losing many of them. Not many people my age can continue pushing forward at the same pace as 20 year old programmers in Silicon Valley for years on end. 

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The U.S. said today it had launched a new trade case against Chinese auto and auto-part export subsidies that threaten jobs in Ohio and other states key to the outcome of this year’s presidential elec…


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It's absolutely inexcusable for reporters to allow politicians to have approval…

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It's absolutely inexcusable for reporters to allow politicians to have approval over stories before agreeing to an interview.  It's more important to get true and complete factual information out than to be able to proclaim that you got an interview with the candidate. If every reporter stood up to this bullshit, politicos would have to back down because they need the coverage. 

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Excellent read. 

The Puppetry of Quotation Approval
When quotations can be unilaterally taken back, the political Kabuki is all but complete.

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As Google's Street View cameras scour the planet populating the servers with…

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As Google's Street View cameras scour the planet populating the servers with the data needed to organized the world's physical information, some amazing images get captured. Jon Rafman pics out some of the more interesting and unusual images and posts them to his blog. 

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Coudn't have said it better myself 12

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Coudn't have said it better myself

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The cat is out of the bag:

"We will never have the elite, smart people on our side."

Rick Santorum: Conservatives Will “Never Have The Elite, Smart People On Our Side”
Santorum tells values voters to be wary of the media elite.

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We've all heard of 3D printers like the MakerBot being used to create little…

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We've all heard of 3D printers like the MakerBot being used to create little widgets and toys and larger examples being used to produce prototype car parts and exoskeletons for a disabled child.  Now a bald eagle in Idaho that was shot in the face has been the beneficiary of the new manufacturing technology. Beauty lost most of her upper beak in 2005, making it impossible to feed or groom herself. Now she finally has the possibility of an eventual return to the wild thanks to a prosthetic beak fabricated in a 3D printer from nylon.  Amazing story of technology helping an endangered species.

Bald Eagle Sports 3D-Printed Beak | TechnoBuffalo
A handicapped bald eagle became the very first recipient of a 3D-printed prosthetic beak


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Don't hold your breath waiting for the Jetson's future of flying cars anytime…

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Don't hold your breath waiting for the Jetson's future of flying cars anytime soon says +Ford Motor Company chairman Bill Ford, but smarter cars with increased levels of electrification and moves toward autonomous vehicles are on the way

Cars won’t fly, but they’ll amaze
It will be a world in which cars run on electricity, hydrogen or other alternative fuels.

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