During a recent fire alarm at an office building, firefighters were greeted by the voice of Trevor Blackwell, CEO of Anybots, whose company sounded the alarm.
Blackwell happened to be in Hawaii at the time, but “QB” the remote controlled robot was following the firefighters around while being controlled over an Internet connection.
The article from the San Jose Mercury News profiles the development of several types of remote controlled robots and their future in the workforce.
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India is in dire need of civil engineers to repair and strengthen the country’s infrastructure. However, The New York Times reports that civil engineering is not as profitable in India as “writing software for foreign customers.”
The challenge for India is finding skilled civil engineers in the country. Read the full article here for more on India’s plans to keep civil engineers working in the field.
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Vice President Environment, Health, and Safety at Xerox Corp., Patricia Calkins, was recently interviewed by Computerworld.
Calkins’ story revolves around her hatred of waste. She began her career as a chemist, but quickly became an environmental engineer “turning her passion for efficiency into an environmental mission.”
Read the Q&A with Calkins for more about her career history, her path to managing, and her vision for getting IT to think differently about the environment.
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