National technology competition sees students build and test a robot through different missions The First LEGO League competition arrived at Birmingham yesterday, as the latest regional event of the technology competition took place at ...
Sad news for the whole industry, says official statement from buying group. Conways Toymaster has given notice of its intent to appoint a proposed administrator. The administrator will review the company's stock and trading position to ...
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First annual WIT Toy Fair Breakfast to be held on Thursday, January 23rd. Women in Toys is to host its first annual WIT Toy Fair Breakfast on Thursday, January 23rd. The networking event for women working in the toy, licensing and ...
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61st annual event features an increased floor space to 22,000 square metres to accommodate more than 280 exhibitors Toy Fair 2014 has sold out. The annual event, now in its 61st year has seen a rise in demand for space, having increased ...
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Has made $80,000 of $5,000 goal with a week still to go A Rubber Band Machine Gun has well surpassed its crowdfunding goal on Kickstarter. The toy, created by Alex Shpetniy, needed to raise $5,000, but has managed $80,259 with nine ...
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has been named a co-chairman of Building America's Future, the group announced. LaHood will join former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) and former New York ...
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TT File Photo Officials reopened a section of the New York State Thruway early Jan. 8 after closing it two days before because of snow and extreme cold. The section between West Seneca and the Pennsylvania line in the Western part of ...
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John Sommers II for Transport Topics American Trucking Associations is calling on Congress and federal policymakers to act on a list of issues in 2014 that ATA said would improve the nation's economy and make highways safer. Among the ...
Mark Elias/Bloomberg News U.S. companies boosted payrolls by the most since November 2012, according to a private report released Jan. 8. Employment increased by 238,000 in December following a revised 229,000 gain in November that was ...
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New Age will carry WowWee's new $100 MiP kid's robot that can be controlled by hand gestures or via Bluetooth-enabled devices. Related new age The Fray To Appear At New Age Electronics CES Event new age New Age Promotes Mora, Mulvaney new ...
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Eddie Seal/Bloomberg News Diesel's retail price will decline to $3.81 a gallon this year — 11 cents below last year's average but 4 cents over last month's projection, the Department of Energy reported. And the price will drop ...
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Paul Taggart/Bloomberg News The Cass Freight Index, which measures shipment activity in trucking and other transport modes, declined 3.2% in December from a year ago. Expenditures increased 1% from 2012. Expenditures — freight ...
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Gemini Planet Imager's first light image of Beta Pictoris b, a planet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. The star, Beta Pictoris, is blocked in this image by a mask so its light doesn't interfere with the light of the planet. In addition to ...
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Plutonium cycle in the atmosphere. Credit: : J.A. Corcho Alvarado Levels of radioactive plutonium in Earth's stratosphere from nuclear tests and accidents is higher than previously thought, but probably not dangerous to humans, ...
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The left image shows actual eye movements of two different persons choosing among four snack items as recorded with eye-tracking. Number "1" indicates where the first eye movement is made to. The right image shows predicted eye movements ...
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