http://www.mail.com/subjects/3176-industrial-technology.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/3176-industrial-technology.html http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2099592-france-plan-to-revive-economy.html PARIS (AP) — The man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest here is gaining a reputation for doing the opposite. As the country's first-ever minister for industrial renewal, Arnaud Montebourg has told the world's largest steelmaker it is not welcome in France; exchanged angry letters with the head of an Americ... Tue, 21 May 2013 14:38:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2099592-france-plan-to-revive-economy.html 2013-05-21T14:38:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2093164-tableau-software-soars-trading-debut.html NEW YORK (AP) — Tableau Software shares soared in their trading debut Friday after the company and some of its investors raised about $254.2 million in its initial public offering. Seattle-based Tableau Software Inc. provides software that helps businesses convert data into visual presentations. The shares jumped $17.50, or 56 percent, to $48.50 in mornin... Fri, 17 May 2013 15:08:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2093164-tableau-software-soars-trading-debut.html 2013-05-17T15:08:03Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087306-students-ghana-launch-mini-satellite.html KOFORIDUA, Ghana (AP) — Their project might not sound like much: The college students on Wednesday launched a tiny model of a satellite the size of a soda can on a big yellow balloon. It went aloft to a height of 165 meters (yards) and then came back down attached to a parachute. Yet in this developing West African country, ambitious organizers, —who rece... Wed, 15 May 2013 20:20:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087306-students-ghana-launch-mini-satellite.html 2013-05-15T20:20:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2081698-uk-retailers-relax-rules-gm-poultry-feed.html LONDON (AP) — Three major British grocery chains have ended their bans on providing genetically modified feed to chickens. Sainsbury's, the Co-operative Group and Marks & Spencer cited short supplies of non-GM feed as the reason for the change. A Co-operative Group statement released Monday said it is no longer "feasible" to insist on non-GM feed. ... Mon, 13 May 2013 13:38:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2081698-uk-retailers-relax-rules-gm-poultry-feed.html 2013-05-13T13:38:03Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2073996-tesla-model-consumer-reports-top-score.html DETROIT (AP) — The Tesla Motors Inc. Model S electric car has tied an older Lexus for the highest score ever recorded in Consumer Reports magazine's automotive testing. The Model S, which starts at $62,400 after a federal tax credit, scored 99 points on a scale of 100 in the magazine's battery of tests. "It accelerates, handles and brakes like a sports ca... Thu, 09 May 2013 16:38:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2073996-tesla-model-consumer-reports-top-score.html 2013-05-09T16:38:49Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2067956-chinas-struggling-automakers-jump-suv-boom.html SHANGHAI (AP) — BYD is known for electric cars but this year's flagship model is the S7, a gasoline-powered SUV. It comes with an interior air purifier, radar to help with backing and digital TV. An onboard hard drive can hold 1,000 films. This is China's Year of the SUV. Whatever their specialties used to be, automakers ranging from global brands to Chin... Wed, 08 May 2013 00:39:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2067956-chinas-struggling-automakers-jump-suv-boom.html 2013-05-08T00:39:30Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2061042-solar-plane-lands-ariz-1st-leg-major-trip.html PHOENIX (AP) — Alone in the single-seat cockpit and high above the American Southwest, pilot Bertrand Piccard could hear only his plane's gear box and the quiet whine of four electric motors. No noisy jet engines. He's flying Solar Impulse, considered the world's most advanced sun-powered plane. Piccard piloted the craft for 20 hours, first cruising along... Sun, 05 May 2013 02:46:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2061042-solar-plane-lands-ariz-1st-leg-major-trip.html 2013-05-05T02:46:39Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2056894-electric-car-maker-coda-files-chapter-11.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Electric car maker CODA Holdings Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday after selling just 100 cars and said it plans to quit the auto business altogether. The Los Angeles-based parent of CODA Automotive filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in federal court in Delaware. A consortium of debtors plans to acquire CODA for $25... Wed, 01 May 2013 20:50:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2056894-electric-car-maker-coda-files-chapter-11.html 2013-05-01T20:50:36Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2051098-virgin-galactic-spaceship-1st-powered-flight.html MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) — Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has made its first powered flight, breaking the sound barrier in a test over the Mojave Desert that moves the company closer to its goal of flying paying passengers on brief hops into space. "It couldn't have gone more smoothly," said Sir Richard Branson, who owns the spaceline with Aabar Investments PJ... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:48:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2051098-virgin-galactic-spaceship-1st-powered-flight.html 2013-04-30T15:48:10Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2040898-obama-administration-missed-clues-fisker.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department did not realize for four months that troubled automaker Fisker Automotive Inc. had missed a crucial production target that was required as part of a half-billion dollar government loan, documents released Wednesday show. The mistake allowed Fisker to obtain an additional $32 million in government funding before the loan was suspended i... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:33:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2040898-obama-administration-missed-clues-fisker.html 2013-04-25T02:33:36Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2041720-gm-chevy-spark-ev-82-miles-charge.html DETROIT (AP) — General Motors said Wednesday that the battery-powered version of its Chevrolet Spark mini-car can travel up to 82 miles on a single charge, putting it among the leaders in mass-market electric vehicles sold in the U.S. The Spark EV also gets the equivalent of 119 miles per gallon in testing monitored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Ag... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:23:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2041720-gm-chevy-spark-ev-82-miles-charge.html 2013-04-24T18:23:03Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2038630-us-immigration-bill-slow-indian-outsourcers.html MUMBAI, India (AP) — Low cost efficiency put India's outsourcing companies at the heart of global business and created a multibillion dollar industry that for years has skated over criticism it was eliminating white collar jobs in rich nations. Now, the industry's long-held fears of a backlash are being realized in its crucial U.S. market. Provisions in a... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:02:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2038630-us-immigration-bill-slow-indian-outsourcers.html 2013-04-24T01:02:26Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2031990-sun-powered-plane-completes-california-test-flight.html MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — A solar-powered plane that has wowed aviation fans in Europe took to the skies Friday over the San Francisco Bay area in a successful test flight. Considered the world's most advanced sun-powered plane, the Solar Impulse took off from Moffett Field in Mountain View at first light for a two-hour practice run in advance of a pla... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:59:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2031990-sun-powered-plane-completes-california-test-flight.html 2013-04-19T18:59:39Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2025068-taiwan-tech-industry-faces-up-to-samsung.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese companies have long viewed tech giant Samsung as a major threat and the battle has recently appeared to tilt in favor of the South Korean rival as Taiwan's smartphone, memory chip and display panel makers suffered sagging exports. The sales erosion has been driven by competition, some of it from South Korea, and a weak glob... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:27:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2025068-taiwan-tech-industry-faces-up-to-samsung.html 2013-04-17T11:27:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010906-agency-by-agency-guide-to-obamas-2014-budget.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise taxes and trim popular benefit programs, including Social Security and Medicare. The White House claims deficit reductions of $1.8 trillion, but Obama's proposal would negate more than $1 trillion in automatic ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:41:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010906-agency-by-agency-guide-to-obamas-2014-budget.html 2013-04-10T23:41:12Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2001406-senator-nasa-to-lasso-asteroid-bring-closer.html WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA is planning for a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it near the moon for astronauts to explore, a top senator said Friday. The ship would capture the 500-ton, 25-foot asteroid in 2019. Then using an Orion space capsule, a crew of about four astronauts would nuzzle up next to the rock in 2021 for spacewalking explo... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:46:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2001406-senator-nasa-to-lasso-asteroid-bring-closer.html 2013-04-05T22:46:31Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2000876-fisker-to-cut-three-fourths-work-force.html DETROIT (AP) — Troubled electric car maker Fisker Automotive Inc. has laid off about three-fourths of the workers at its California headquarters as it struggles with financial and production problems. The Anaheim, Calif.-based company confirmed the layoffs in a statement on Friday, saying it is pursuing "strategic alternatives" to get through financial ch... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:51:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2000876-fisker-to-cut-three-fourths-work-force.html 2013-04-05T17:51:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1997396-mars-missions-scaled-april-sun.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's the Martian version of spring break: Curiosity and Opportunity, along with their spacecraft friends circling overhead, will take it easy this month because of the sun's interference. For much of April, the sun blocks the line of sight between Earth and Mars. This celestial alignment — called a Mars solar conjunction — makes it diff... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:30:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1997396-mars-missions-scaled-april-sun.html 2013-04-04T08:30:26Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1984878-solar-plane-plans-stops-phoenix-dallas-nyc.html MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — A solar-powered plane that has wowed aviation fans in Europe is set to travel across the United States with stops in Phoenix, Dallas, Washington, D.C., and New York, organizers of the trip announced Thursday. The plane, Solar Impulse, is expected to be ready to leave from NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif. on M... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:58:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1984878-solar-plane-plans-stops-phoenix-dallas-nyc.html 2013-03-28T22:58:38Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1979656-spacex-dragon-cargo-ship-splashes-pacific.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The SpaceX Dragon capsule returned to Earth on Tuesday with a full science load from the International Space Station — and a bunch of well-used children's Legos. The privately owned cargo ship splashed down in the Pacific right on target, 250 miles off the coast of Mexico's Baja Peninsula, five hours after leaving the orbiting ... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:27:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1979656-spacex-dragon-cargo-ship-splashes-pacific.html 2013-03-26T18:27:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1974848-us-eu-talks-threatened-agriculture-spats.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama used Washington's grandest stage — the State of the Union speech — to announce negotiations with Europe aimed at creating the world's largest free trade agreement. Just weeks later, there are signs that old agriculture disputes could be deal-killers. European Union leaders don't want the negotiations to include dis... Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:05:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1974848-us-eu-talks-threatened-agriculture-spats.html 2013-03-23T16:05:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1969402-boeing-worker-mentors-barefoot-bandit-prison.html SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — Jonathan Standridge and Colton Harris-Moore made an odd couple as they sat together in the visiting room of a Washington state prison one day last spring. Standridge, 57, is a project manager at Boeing, one of the world's most important aviation companies. Harris-Moore, 21, is the "Barefoot Bandit," a world-famous airplane thief who i... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:27:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1969402-boeing-worker-mentors-barefoot-bandit-prison.html 2013-03-21T08:27:51Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1956528-obama-us-shift-cars-trucks-oil.html LEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Envisioning cars that can go "coast to coast without using a drop of oil," President Barack Obama on Friday urged Congress to authorize spending $2 billion over the next decade to expand research into electric cars and biofuels to wean automobiles off gasoline. Obama, expanding on an initiative he addressed in his State of the Union sp... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:05:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1956528-obama-us-shift-cars-trucks-oil.html 2013-03-15T22:05:45Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1941120-whole-foods-products-will-carry-gmo-labeling.html NEW YORK (AP) — Whole Foods says all products in its North American stores that contain genetically modified ingredients will be labeled as such by 2018. The company says it's the first national grocery chain to set such a deadline for labeling foods that contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. A spokeswoman for the supermarket operator said orga... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:01:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1941120-whole-foods-products-will-carry-gmo-labeling.html 2013-03-08T20:01:03Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1938914-radar-reveals-apparent-buried-channels-mars.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The face of Mars is dotted with a maze of channels, pointing to possible ancient megaflood episodes. Now scientists peering below the surface have uncovered the first evidence of underground channels apparently created by flooding — a finding that's expected to further illuminate the role of water in Mars' history. U... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:48:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1938914-radar-reveals-apparent-buried-channels-mars.html 2013-03-07T19:48:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1926054-nasa-mars-rover-safe-mode-science-halted.html PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Science experiments by the NASA Mars rover Curiosity have been put on hold as engineers troubleshoot a problem with its computer. NASA says the car-size rover is in "safe mode." In this state, Curiosity suspends science activities but is still in contact with Earth. Engineers discovered a problem with Curiosity's flash memory earli... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:15:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1926054-nasa-mars-rover-safe-mode-science-halted.html 2013-03-01T23:15:02Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1924190-spacex-company-fixes-dragon-capsule-problem.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A commercial craft carrying a ton of supplies for the International Space Station ran into thruster trouble shortly after liftoff Friday. Flight controllers managed to gain control, but were forced to delay its arrival at the orbiting lab. The earliest the Dragon capsule could show up is Sunday, a full day late, said top offici... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:14:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1924190-spacex-company-fixes-dragon-capsule-problem.html 2013-03-01T23:14:17Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1921580-china-sets-5th-manned-space-mission-summer.html BEIJING (AP) — China will send three astronauts to its orbiting space station this summer in a mission that's part of preparations to establish an even larger permanent presence above Earth. The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft will take flight sometime between June and August, the country's manned space program said in its statement Thursday. The craft will delive... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:06:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1921580-china-sets-5th-manned-space-mission-summer.html 2013-03-01T02:06:36Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1919428-tycoon-wants-to-send-married-couple-mars-flyby.html WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a road trip that could test the best of marriages: Mars. A tycoon announced plans Wednesday to send a middle-aged couple on a privately built spaceship to slingshot around the red planet and come back home, hopefully with their bodies and marriage in one piece after 501 days of no-escape togetherness in a cramped capsule half the si... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:08:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1919428-tycoon-wants-to-send-married-couple-mars-flyby.html 2013-02-27T23:08:13Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1915246-nasa-mars-rover-analyzing-powder-drilled-rock.html PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The Mars rover Curiosity has successfully transferred a pinch of rock dust to its onboard laboratories for inspection, two weeks after drilling into its first rock. NASA said Monday it received confirmation of the deliveries over the weekend. Scientists will spend the next several weeks studying the rock's chemical and mineral make... 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