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    Copilots Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin celebrate after the Gemini XII splashdown on November 15 1966
    Transportation

    Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Gemini XII Mission

    Nov. 15, 2016
    Today, November 15, marks the 50th anniversary of the Gemini XII landing. Gemini XII was the final mission of the Gemini Project, which began in 1961 after the conclusion of the...
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    Transportation

    How 3D Printing Is Changing Auto Manufacturing

    Nov. 14, 2016
    The movie Back to the Future showed us cars hovering in air in an idea of what 2015 would look like. Now in 2016, we see our cars still bound to the earth. However, when the movie...
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    IoT Emerge

    Inaugural IoT Event 'Emerges' a Winner

    Nov. 4, 2016
    IoT Emerge is being held in Chicago, which is quickly becoming a center of the IoT space. In addition to two days of keynote speakers like Pablos Holman, creator of the Intellectual...
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    Education / Training

    Science and Art, Two Worlds Apart

    Oct. 31, 2016
    Even if you look at our bloated, broken education system for younger Americans (high school and lower), it seems that, while we are spending more money, we are cutting programs...
    The 2015 FIRST Stronghold field was designed around elements of medieval battles
    Education / Training

    Changing Lives, One Robot at a Time

    Oct. 25, 2016
    The high-school robotics team had been working long nights to perfect a mechanism to launch a Frisbee through a target with frustrating results.
    The Scan O Vision MYRIA cameras from Omega are used to capture track athletes as they cross the finish line ensuring accuracy in determining who finished first
    Technology and IIoT

    How the Internet of Things Changed the Olympics

    Sept. 1, 2016
    The 2016 Summer Olympics recently concluded and, speaking for myself, I’m still in awe.
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    Transportation

    Ford Promises Fully Automated Vehicles by 2021

    Aug. 19, 2016
    In 1913, Ford implemented the first moving assembly line for automobiles, building its Model T automobile in a little over two and a half hours.
    The Bloodhound SSC is expected to reach 14 Mach speed covering a mile in just 36 secondsCourtesy of the Bloodhound Project
    Education / Training

    Supersonic Car Sets Sights on Land-Speed Record

    July 27, 2016
    In addition to the prospects of breaking records, the Bloodhound project inspires STEM education about supersonic and F1 vehicles.
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    Education / Training

    Time to Update Engineering Colleges

    July 25, 2016
    There’s already almost too much 'essential engineering knowledge these days to expect graduates coming out of traditional discipline tracks (EE, Mech E, Materials, even Civil ...