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Monster Mike – Helping the Competition Is a Win-Win – #TIS22
A leg amputation would end the career of most professional sports athletes. In the case of Monster Mike Schultz, his snowmobile crash and resulting recovery was a springboard to a new career, a different sport, and a broadening of his horizon. In the above interview, Schultz describes the prosthetic sports leg he developed that has…
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A Dam Alternative on a House-by-House Basis – #CES2022
Could water reuse in the form of decentralized water treatment reduce the need for water storage? It could be if the technology from Hydraloop becomes mainstream. With a 4 to 7-year payback, and low-maintenance costs, treatment on a per-building basis means less treatment at centralized plants and reduced water use. In the above video interview,…
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Greetings Human from CES2022 and the Future #CES2022
At the superficial level, a robot at a tradeshow may seem like a gimmick designed to draw attention to itself and bring a crowd to a booth. Measured that way, Ameca did its job for its designer, Engineered Arts. It was quite a sensation at CES2022 attracting throngs to Engineered Arts’ booth, along with numerous…
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Uniting by Fiber – #TIS2022
What started as a vision to build broadband to serve its extremely rural (think one or two homes per mile) electric cooperative territory has morphed into something bigger. United Fiber, the broadband business started by Missouri-based United Electric Cooperative, now has approximately three times as many customers as does their traditional electrical business. They have…
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Reunion of the Work Family – #TIS22
“It is great to be back here,” says ACA Connects EVP & COO, John Higginbotham. Likening the Independent Show 2022 to a work family reunion, he describes the magic of being with and catching up with colleagues and friends from all parts of the country. Having been an attendee from the operator side of the…