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Meet "OSHbot" Lowes New Store Helper; Goodbye Retail Associates, Hello Robots

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The future of shopping has arrived Retail Robotics is an exciting and fast growing new market and Fellow Robots is at the forefront. OSHbot'' to debut in San Jose OSHbot Video The following video explains everything you need to know. Not even the most knowledgeable human clerk can do that. It''s well worth a play.

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Amazon Unveils New Drone Prototype for 30-Minute Deliveries; Google Seeks Drone Deliveries by 2017

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New Drone Prototype Video of New Drone Link if video does not play: Amazon Prime Air 30-Minute Deliveries Please consider Amazon Unveils New Hybrid Drone Prototype to Make Deliveries Within 30 Minutes. There’s a lot that can be done in this market space,” Vos said. I side with Vos. Technology marches on.

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Robot Truck Convoy Tests in Nevada; Driverless Trucks Before Cars, and Before the End of the Decade

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The technology, developed by Peloton Tech, uses radar and a wireless link so that the following trucks travel at the same speed, braking simultaneously for safety, and doing so on an automated system that doesn''t have the delays of human reaction time.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Spain Levies Consumption.

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Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Today, land-line telecom companies have to compete with wireless and. Mish Audio Video. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts. Featured Links. GoldMoney: The Best Way to Buy Gold & Silver.

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How disruptive is the 'Sharing Economy'?

freshminds

Another market to target could be single parents who could get involved in tasking platforms such as Taskrabbit to earn money on a schedule that suits them and fits with their childcare commitments. Car companies are also starting to develop wireless entry mechanisms so that owners can rent their vehicle without having to hand over keys.

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Self-Driving "Fully Automated" Vehicles on German Autobahn; Supply Chain Math; Uber and Khan Academy

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That was largely caused by driver pay and benefit increases necessary to attract and retain drivers in the current tight labor market for truck drivers, the study concluded. Sal Khan at TED Please play at least the first couple minutes of the above video. Geometry, trig, calculus, differential equations? Yep, you bet.

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AT&T, Time Warner, and What Makes Vertical Mergers Succeed

Harvard Business

Combining the second-largest wireless carrier with the fourth-biggest entertainment company — one whose impressive assets include HBO and CNN — is likely to create an unassailable mobile-entertainment business. You gain market power, allowing you to price the asset higher than you could otherwise. That leaves synergy.