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“I Want to Put a Ding in the Universe.”
Admittedly, this wasn’t the topic I had intended to write about but there was a seismic shift in the technology world today. Steve Jobs, the founder and former CEO of Apple Inc., died yesterday at the age of 56 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Through out my life, I’ve been hesitant to hold [...]
Crisis? What Crisis?
STEMing the Crisis Really, with everything that ‘s going on across the globe right now, the last thing anyone needs is another crisis. This one, though, has all the makings of a full-fledged catastrophe. This catastrophe is not of biblical proportion – at the moment I’m not concerned with locusts or 40 day floods ( [...]
Déjà Vu All Over Again
As Yogi Berra Would Say, “It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again”. I had the pleasure of attending the Detroit Section’s most recent Technical Meeting the other night (May 25th) on the future of the internal combustion (IC) engine. I was really “wowed” and intrigued by some of the new technologies and applications that are forthcoming [...]
STEMing the Crisis
Winning the Race to Educate Our Kids: To understand the gravity of the following phrase, it’s important to spend some time setting the tone of January 2011. The country was struggling through two devastating wars – one closing in on a decade and the other nearly eight years long. In economic terms, the US was [...]
Storm Chasers and Wiper Blades
Bosch has custom designed a 3-way wiper blade system for The Dominator, a bulletproof vehicle that can be driven directly into a tornado. If you’ve ever tuned into Storm Chasers on The Discovery Channel, you may have seen this for yourself. For additional video footage, click here.
Chevrolet Volt Meeting a Success
The Chevrolet Volt Section meeting was definitely a favorite. Be sure to stop by our Flickr page and view some of the pics!
GM Heritage Center
If you haven’t had a chance to visit the GM Heritage Center, you’ll definitely want to plan a visit. The 81,000 square foot facility is located in Sterling Heights, Michigan and is chock-full of vehicles and memorabilia for any car enthusiast. In addition to housing 200 vehicles, The Center also contains historical documents, papers and [...]