Deere & Co To Lay Off More Than 600 Workers Between Iowa, Kansas, and Illinois Plants

The world’s largest maker of farm equipment, Deere & Co, has seen better days, having to announce recently they would be laying off more than 600 employees in total from their Iowa, Kansas, and Illinois…

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What’s the Most Environmentally Harmful Animal Product in the American Diet? It’s What’s for Dinner.

The well-known commercials say this is “What’s for dinner,” but researchers found that beef is the most environmentally harmful animal product in the American diet. In the study, quantifying and comparing the U.S. environmental costs…

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Industrial Production Rises For The Sixth Straight Month

July marks the sixth straight month industrial production has risen, up 0.4% this past month. Capacity utilization for July came in at 79.2%, which was exactly what was expected. July also had the largest rise…

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Jeep Cherokee Most Hackable Car, Dodge Viper the Least

A recent report released claims the 2014 Dodge Viper is among the least hackable vehicles on the market while the 2014 Jeep Cherokee is among the most hackable, as far as cybersecurity of cars goes.…

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Incredible Photos of America’s First Formula One Raceway in Texas

Austin, Texas, is home to the first Formula One track in the United States, The Circuit of the Americas. Built in 2012, the raceway features a 3.4-mile track and Tom Fowlks of ESPN was lucky…

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A Warehouse Full of Jellyfish as Art? See It to Believe It.

Artists Walter Hugo and Zoniel, based out of London, have created a crazy art installation called “The Physical Possibility of Inspiring Imagination in the Mind of Somebody Living.” Essentially, the installation is an abandoned warehouse…

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How To Improve Your End-To-End Manufacturing Processes…

Do you know how much your next product change will cost? Integrated ERP and PLM can give you the answers. Watch this on-demand webinar to learn how NetSuite and Autodesk are uniting ERP and PLM…

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Precision Prototyping – The Role of 3D Printed Injection Molds

Injection molding is the gold standard for mass produced, complex 3D dimensional parts. It provides accurate geometries regardless of complexity. Unfortunately, a metal mold can also cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and take months…

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Military Drone or Hummingbird in Disguise?

The Black Hornet is the world’s smallest spycam and tiny military drone. But instead of being named after an insect, it may be more appropriate to name it after a bird. Researchers at Stanford University…

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An “Off Switch” for the Ebola Virus?

Switching Off Hemorrhagic Disease One of humans’ most important biological characteristics is the ability of the body to attack invaders like diseases by turning on an immune response. However, with microorganisms continually changing due to…

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