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Curiosity Is A Skill

This is becoming a mini-series on curiosity. Let’s see…a student for 17 years, teacher for one, school board member for eight, wife taught in elementary school for 35. Some people dislike public schools (meant to provide a common education for everyone in a democracy)...

Be Curious, Not Judgmental

Axios Finish Line evening newsletter always brings a brief, insightful nugget into my inbox—sort of like the cherry atop the sundae of the day. Axios is one of my two main news sources. They are journalists and a business, so they do drop into click-bait headlines at...

ABB Expands Industrial Robot Portfolio

More robot news emanating from a trade show in Germany. This one concerns additions to the ABB product line. Company launches the IRB 6730S, IRB 6750S and IRB 6760 with class-leading performance New robots, powered by OmniCore, offer significant performance and...

Foxit Adds AI Summaries and APIs To pdf Product Solutions

Foxit, the pdf and eSignature upstart, has released two new products. Foxit Seeks Making pdf Documents Meet Today’s Requirements Foxit Launches AI-Powered Research Agent to Transform How Users Analyze Complex Documents New AI Tool Turns Dense Research Documents Into...

Podcast: AI Obfuscation

AI has generated more hype and obfuscation than all the words from ChatGPT. OK, maybe I exaggerate, but the amount of scare talk is endless. I try to take a more rational and down-to-earth look at the issue from the point-of-view of manufacturers. I argue that AI now...

Reshoring Initiative Report and News

I have had a bunch of vacation travel (with another upcoming) so am a bit behind on some news. The Reshoring Initiative has had an admirable proselytizing activity for quite some time. I’ve met and talked with its President, Harry Moser, a couple of times.  Even...

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