News tagged with general motors corporation

SRNL, automakers to develop high-performance wireless sensors networks

Several industries use wireless sensors, which can monitor chemical processes or equipment activity and then transmit the data over a wireless network. Still, many facilities that could benefit from the use of wireless sensors ...

Technology / Engineering

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More companies turning to universities to educate workforce, study shows

(Phys.org) -- The partnership of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. with American Public University to provide online college degree programs to Walmart’s U.S. workforce has generated skepticism among some in academia.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Exploding the myths of manufacturing

The manufacturing sector, its advocates note, is burdened by negative stereotypes. Outsiders often mistakenly think that manufacturing consists of jobs that are “dumb, dirty and dull,” as MIT President Susan Hockfield ...

Technology / Business

created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

With Apple in, Dow would have set record long ago

(AP) -- Apple is the world's most valuable company. The Dow Jones industrial average is probably the world's best-known stock index. So don't they deserve each other?

Technology / Business

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Foreign carmakers 'pressed' to launch China brands

Foreign carmakers in China say Beijing is pressuring them to produce dedicated new brands so their local partners can gain technical know-how, but experts warn the strategy could backfire.

Technology / Business

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mobile lab takes hybrid electric vehicle technology on the road

Take some galvanized nails, vinegar, soda pop and copper wire, piece them together just right, and what do you get? A battery.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Startups Dropbox and Box reach for the cloud

They are polar opposites, but two of Silicon Valley's hottest start-ups share similar names, market, adversaries and ambitions - perhaps with wishful eyes on going public next year.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Leaks show group's climate efforts

(AP) -- Leaked documents from a prominent conservative think tank show how it sought to teach schoolchildren skepticism about global warming and planned other behind-the-scenes tactics using millions of dollars in donations ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 96

Experts see tough road for Kodak to reinvent self

(AP) -- Even in bankruptcy, Kodak boasts some enviable strengths: a golden brand, technology firepower that includes a rich collection of photo patents, and more than $4 billion in annual sales of digital ...

Technology / Business

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Understanding the interplay of grains helps cars drop the pounds, be more fuel efficient

Sometimes solving the biggest challenges begins with understanding something very small -- like the tiny grains that form a piece of metal. For a team of scientists who wanted to improve automotive fuel efficiency, ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Green tech cleans up with investors

Is there still big green to be made in green tech? A few years ago, investing in green technology companies in Silicon Valley was as de rigueur as vertical social-media sites. Those sites went away, but money continues to ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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