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VoltAir: The Electric Passenger Jet Of The Future

Screw those fume-spewing turbofan engines dangling from the wing's of today's planes: We want this future all-electric passenger jet, and it's not even that far away.READ»

Larkin Martin Uses GPS to Cut Farming Costs

Co-owner, Martin Farm; chairperson, Cotton Board Courtland, Alabama Martin, 47, relies on GPS technology to improve efficiency and trim fertilizer use on her family's large cotton operation. "Our GPS-equipped harvesting ...READ»

Nonsense At Work

Lazy, your country needs you:Listen up, people, it’s time to slow down.  It’s that time of year when it is okay to be lazy.  Retailers please ignore this message.The rest of you, it is time to practice being lazy.  ...READ»

WSJ Says BOO!

With Halloween just over, the Wall Street Journal jumped out from behind a hedge fund and tried to scare the business community right out of its Brooks Brothers boxers. Like most haunted houses and scary apparitions at this time of ...READ»

Bail-out or Build-out – Part 2

As the Presidential race nears the finish line - - with the candidates and voters both gasping for air amidst the ubiquitous onslaught of commercials on everything from lawn signs to Saturday Night Live - - there are no shortages of ...READ»

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Tire Gauges of the World - - UNITE!

Last week, Senator Obama called on American drivers to properly inflate their tires as one of many ways we can cut our energy bills and our carbon footprints simultaneously. Although this simple call to action was caught up in ...READ»

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Nonsense At Work

Delegating to the boss: Picture this: Your team has a deadline to get something done. You know you can do it faster than any one on your team. You can even do it better than any of them. What do you do – do you do it ...READ»