Is this weird-looking soft-bodied robot an early version of the one that might one day help find people trapped in collapsed buildings?
Slater Mill, built in 1793 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, is considered the starting point of America's Industrial Revolution. When Slater substituted water power for human labor, manufacturing output, distribution and profits improved --- and the modern manufacturing business model was ignited.
Human Disease Seen In New Light With Powerful Microscope
by Michael Keller
It's always magical to see the darkened countryside and incandescent cities silently zooming beneath the International Space Station. It really puts things in perspective to gaze at pictures like the ones above... Oh, wait. Are these actually images of jutting peninsulas and great bridges spanning bays?
The global economy has sparked unprecedented efficiency and innovation, but the age-old problem of corruption has also flourished along global supply chains --- particularly those that traverse markets with weak rule of law.
Getting shale gas out of the ground is one thing. But taking it to customers is quite another.
American pipeline operators are investing as much as $40 billion every year to maintain, modernize and expand their networks. The shale gas boom is putting operators under pressure to move more gas to market faster and more safely, and many U.S. pipelines have been in service for at least two decades.
