In 2014, we'll hear precious little about food safety from the federal government that will truly be new. For sure the White House has decisions to make on everything from poultry inspections to whom to nominate as the next Under Secretary ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
What a year 2013 was for the supply and design chains! In this piece, EBN showcases its most-read 15 pieces of content as we review 2013. Apple surely grabbed the attention of readers this year, whether it was in anticipation of upcoming ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, 4D Printing
Mix blatant bigotry with poor spelling. Add a dash of ALL CAPS. Top it off with a violent threat. And there you have it: A recipe for the worst of online comments. Blame anonymity, blame politicians, blame human nature. But a growing ...
Tags: online comments, user comments, anonymity, nasty comments
What kind of telephone activity does the NSA collect on people? Metadata. How harmful is it to your privacy health? Nada. It is only metadata. That has been the line drawn in the sand by government supporters of NSA activities in monitoring ...
Tags: telephone activity, Metadata, MetaPhone, monitor calls
A freezer is a common household appliance. It is an essential food storage technique in developed countries. Lower temperatures in a confined volume lowers the reproduction rate of bacteria, so the refrigerator reduces the rate of spoilage. ...
Tags: Freezers, refrigerator
A century ago, on October 13, 1904 the Ohio Valley Glass Company was founded by Paul Wissmach. The company originally manufactured raised glass letters, wire glass and tubing. But Mr. Wissmach had a dream to create beautiful colored rolled ...
Tags: Wire Glass, Tubing
Apple has been awarded patents that include one for an accurate touch and hover panel, originally filed back in 2010, and another for an embedded heart rate monitor, originally filed in 2009. Details of the patents were reported by ...
Tags: Apple, patents, accurate touch, hover panel, embedded heart rate monitor
. But as you probably already know, it all starts with having the design requirements in place before you start. Without this, you may end up with a design that is less than optimal, or worse, one that may not always operate properly. ...
Tags: LEDs, LED Lighting
One of the biggest questions in science is how life arose from the chemical soup that existed on early Earth. One theory is that RNA, a close relative of DNA, was the first genetic molecule to arise around 4 billion years ago, but in a ...
Tags: RNA, origin of life
The Orvis Company, Inc. of Manchester, VT, entered an agreement to sell its Ross Reels subsidiary to the Mayfly Group, LLC. Mayfly operates various brand names including Abel Automatics, Inc., a manufacturer of premium fly-fishing reels and ...
Tags: Orvis Company, Ross Reels, Mayfly Group
Under Armour is partnering with Lockheed Martin, the defense and aerospace giant, to come up with the fastest speedskating suit. The suit will be unveiled at the Winter Olympics in February. According to a report in the Washington Post, ...
Tags: Under Armour, Lockheed Martin, fastest speedskating suit
Leawo Software is giving out its Blu-ray Ripper and Tunes Cleaner as free gifts for Christmas and New Year holiday, celebrating to worldwide movie and music lovers the Christmas Holiday Giveaway promotion which offers 1-year licenses of ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
3M has announced a joint venture with Cambrios Technologies, a nanotechnology company, to produce a new line of touch sensitive screens based on silver nanowire ink developed by Cambrios. The announcement marks a move by 3M into nanowire ...
Tags: 3M, Cambrios Technologies, touch sensitive screens, silver nanowire ink
Beyond the fact that these packages dramatically reduce cartomizer evaporation, the new design continues the company's aim of separating the Clearette brand from other manufacturers on the market, specifically its chief competitor's, blu ...
When the people from the drug company came out to visit Tyler Karney at Ordway Feedyard here on Colorado’s eastern plains, he was a little skeptical. They said their product, Zilmax, could put another 30 pounds on an animal in the ...