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Driverless technology: a soon-to-be reality?

Tom Spencer

Flash forward over 30 years, much of the tech that the film predicted has come true. However, it does indicate the industry’s optimism. Neither is the relationship one sided: tech firms need the engineering and manufacturing expertise that only the automobile industry can provide.

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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

Borders began as a standard bricks-and-mortar bookstore in Michigan in 1971 and grew to employ almost 20,000 workers before it ceased operations in 2011. But many would say that Kodak failed because they didn’t foresee how quickly and completely digital cameras would take over the industry that depended on film sales.

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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business

Given that Kodak’s core business was selling film, it is not hard to see why the last few decades proved challenging. The next explanation is that Kodak mismanaged its investment in digital cameras, overshooting the market by trying to match performance of traditional film rather than embrace the simplicity of digital.

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A Commercial Pilot’s 2-Year Plan to Break into Consulting

Management Consulted

in business, clearly have a love for aviation and were a professional in the aviation industry from 2006 to 2010. I worked with them for about 6 months basically as an associate producer doing different things, and then that translated into a job as a full-time producer at Inertia Films where I’m at today. You graduated with your B.S.

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Tomorrow’s Factories Will Need Better Processes, Not Just Better Robots

Harvard Business

There’s no doubt that the auto industry will continue to vigorously pursue automation solutions to lower the cost of producing cars. Clearly, there has to be a better way to paint a car, but to make that operation more efficient and take cost out will require the development of a new process.

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Companies Are Turning Drones into a Competitive Advantage

Harvard Business

While 60% of drone usage currently relates to communications and media such as for film making and commercial photography, new higher-value applications are on their way, as drones have a significant advantage in terms of precision, convenience, and cost over more traditional solutions such as satellites and helicopters.

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More Robots: Google's "Atlas" Robot Mimics "Karate Kid"; Flying Defibrillator "Ambulance Drone" Unveiled; Fed Has No Answer

MishTalk

The creator, Alec Momont of TU Delft’s Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, said that 20% of people can operate a defibrillator without instruction and the number rises when they have prompts from trained personnel. Some 800,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest in the EU every year, and only 8% survive," Momont explains.

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