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Books to Read Ron Gruner is a friend and fellow pilot and technologist. He founded, served as chief executive, and monetized three successful technology firms during his long career: Alliant Computer in 1982, Shareholder.com in 1993 and Sky Analytics in 2009. Each of is companies was a pioneer and leader in its industry. Although not a […]
Can Cobots Help With the Supply Chain?
Written: January 6, 2022 The supply chain issue spooked a lot of industrial leaders. The pandemic looked like it would lead to a big reduction in demand. Recognizing this, companies cut inventory growth, laid off workers, and battened down the hatches. What actually happened was people stayed home and bought things online and caused increased […]
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Covid Scientific American reported researchers at MIT are developing cheap, fast and easy to use diagnostics for Covid-19 which can deliver results in minutes. The test would be based on saliva. This could lead the way toward adequate testing to keep things under control. With so many unvaccinated, the virus is not going to disappear, […]
How Can We Get a Look at the Beginning of Time?
Image credit: ESA Written: December 30, 2021 The space industry has had a great 2021. A few highlights include amazing feats on the surface of Mars, the blooming of space tourism, and SpaceX’s one-hundredth recovery of Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage boosters. Even more spectacular may turn out to be what took place early on […]
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Vaccine The WHO has a dashboard which shows what is going on country by country. Globally, as of December 17, 2021, there have been 272 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5.3 deaths, reported to WHO. A total of 8.3 million vaccine doses have been administered. Studies continue to show more than 30% of the population […]
