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Robots: Brave New World moves a step closer
2013-01-03 01:01:00| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Robots are ready to invade our homes
Wolverine World Wide rewarded its shareholders in 2012
2013-01-02 20:10:10| Footwear - Topix.net
Investors in Wolverine World Wide Inc. had much to celebrate in 2012 as the Rockford-based footwear company morphed into one of the world's largest shoemakers with the acquisition of four new brands.
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The world to burn as much coal as oil by 2017
2013-01-02 19:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: OUR addiction to fossil fuels shows no sign of waning. An International Energy Agency report predicts that global coal use will continue to grow over the next five years. Demand for coal will increase everywhere except the US, where cheap gas extracted by hydraulic fracturing or fracking will exceed it. By 2017, coal use will equal that of oil, currently our biggest energy source. This is terrible news for the climate. Coal produces more greenhouse gas per unit of energy than any other fossil...
Cost of combating climate change surges as world delays - study
2013-01-02 19:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: An agreement by almost 200 nations to curb rising greenhouse gas emissions from 2020 will be far more costly than taking action now to tackle climate change, according to research published on Wednesday. Quick measures to cut emissions would give a far better chance of keeping global warming within an agreed U.N. limit of 2 degrees Celsius (3.6F) above pre-industrial times to avert more floods, heatwaves, droughts and rising sea levels. "If you delay action by 10, 20 years you significantly...
World Wide Metric Adds PCS Tape to Product Line
2013-01-02 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
World Wide Metric has recently added PCS Tape to their wide variety of products. They have partnered with Petro Coating Systems who is a Canadian manufacturer of high quality petrolatum based products specially formulated for the harshest conditions. PCS Tape is a non-woven, stitch-bonded synthetic fabric which is fully impregnated and coated with neutral petrolatum based compounds and inert fillers that are impervious to water and will maintain flexibility and long term protection of metal ...This story is related to the following:Materials and Material Processing Sponsored by: CONTREX - PNANewsletter AdSearch for suppliers of: Metal Tapes | Waterproofing Tapes
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