Hypertherm, Casella Work to Maximize Recycling
Lebanon — Hypertherm wants to throw out the idea of garbage. All of it. The Hanover-based maker of industrial cutting equipment, which has a 160,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Lebanon, has teamed up with Rutland-based Casella Waste Systems to implement a recycling partnership. Casella is seeking to enlist other area businesses and institutions into the pilot program. The program, which has been underway since January, is...
The Computer Heat Is Off, Maybe
Philadelphia — The concentrated heat radiating from your laptop. The sudden roar of the cooling fan from inside your desktop computer. Familiar signs of wasted energy, caused largely by the increasing numbers of transistors crammed into the innards of our electronic gadgets. As you reach once again for that charging cable, be aware that an amiable pair of University of Pennsylvania physicists may have hit on the beginnings of a...
Brain Waves Mined for Design of Vehicles Like Ford Gt
Detroit — Ford is adding data and the measurement of brain wave functions to its palette for improving the interior design of future vehicles from the Focus to the GT supercar. The exterior of a vehicle is what attracts a buyer and is a top purchase consideration, said Raj Nair, head of global product development. But a bad impression of the interior is one of the top three reasons for not buying a vehicle, especially as the average...
