Controlling big machines: Large Collider, NASA Orion, strongest robot
Control Engineering
Automation helps big machines: Adder extension technology is contributing to the Large Hadron Collider, a new generation of space exploration is afoot with the help of Green Hills Software, and there is the world's largest and strongest six-axis robot from Fanuc Robotics, the M-2000iA/1200. See photos.
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Lawmakers blast food safety 'mess'
CNN Money
House lawmakers, calling the U.S. food safety system "fragile" and a "mess," harshly chastised leading food companies and federal agencies Tuesday for allowing unsafe products to reach American consumers.
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Ethanol bill fuels food costs
CNN Money
If a recently passed House bill mandating a 7-fold increase in biofuels becomes law, there's little doubt food prices will rise.
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