Yearly Archives: 2012

A robot named RUTH helps +Ford Motor Company engineers quantify the characteristics…

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A robot named RUTH helps +Ford Motor Company engineers quantify the characteristics that customers perceive as high-quality and it played an important part in the development of the #2013FordFusion  

RUTH Helps Ford Engineers Translate Customer Desires Into Quality « 2013 Ford Fusion Story
Quality has long been one of those “I’ll know it when I see it” or feel it features of a new car. Customers can sense vehicle quality, or the lack of it, but describing exactly what they like can be d…

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On a beautiful summer afternoon today, +Julie Abuelsamid and I went out to Pickerel…

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On a beautiful summer afternoon today, +Julie Abuelsamid and I went out to Pickerel Lake to do some floating on the water. I took the flip cam and the new waterproof case I recently procured.  As we floated on the calm water I heard the unique call of the sandhill cranes and immediately switched on the cam and got this all too brief clip.

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My first photo that I know of that has made it into the New York Times is part of… 1

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My first photo that I know of that has made it into the New York Times is part of Jim Montavalli's story on +Ford Motor Company's gasoline/CNG bi-fuel Super Duty pickups

A Monster Truck Cleans Up Its Act
The bi-fuel Ford F-250 Super Duty can run on gasoline or natural gas, which reduces emissions with no noticeable performance penalty.

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Please +Bill Nye bring back the Science Guy show! Today more than ever as half the…

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Please +Bill Nye bring back the Science Guy show! Today more than ever as half the political spectrum utterly dismisses science, we need more science education that is approachable for both kids and adults.

Bill Nye teases the return of ‘Bill Nye the Science Guy’
In an “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit, scientist and 90s television host Bill Nye hinted that a return of his popular PBS Kids show, Bill Nye the Science Guy, may be on the horizon. Nye says that….


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Over the years there have been numerous auto show presentations that fell decidedly…

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Over the years there have been numerous auto show presentations that fell decidedly flat but the Chevy Volt press conference at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show probably ranks with the 2008 Dodge Ram humping longhorns as one of the all-time worst.

I was at the show but thankfully I was busy working on some other stuff at the time and didn't attend that particularly presser. Not long after that show several people were quickly moved off the Volt program.

2010 Chevy Volt Dance: Hey GM, We Want Our Bailout Back, Now
We don’t use a lot of profanity here at the global GreenCarReports.com headquarters. But there were a whole bunch of horrified OMFGs floating around once we finally got to see the notorious Volt Dance…

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