Disappearing bees threaten ice cream sellers
CNN Money
Haagen-Dazs is warning that a creature as small as a honeybee could become a big problem for the premium ice cream maker's business.
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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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More packaging machines, construction equipment, testing standards
Control Engineering
Expansions: Packaging machinery shipments went up last year, says PMMI. An AEM study shows construction equipment exports were up midyear 2008 (see table). TÜV SÜD America is doubling the number of its testing standards. A motor manufacturer purchased a maker of mechanical power transmission components (photo).
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