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Last year’s terrorist attacks have sparked new interest in biometric technology. Biometric access controls compare the biological traits of a user with information stored in a computerized file of authorized individuals.

General Motors Corp. (Detroit) recently unveiled the first vehicle in the world designed from the ground up around a fuel cell propulsion system.

Eurocopter, a helicopter manufacturer, has accelerated its assembly throughput by using the modular Item MB Building Kit System from Item Industrietechnik und Maschinenbau GmbH (Solingen, Germany) throughout their assembly line.

Technological expertise, speed and flexibility have made DaimlerChrysler (Auburn Hills, MI) a driving force in the automotive industry.

In the past, most operations managers used the income statement in managing their businesses, and they weren’t too concerned about inventory.

Head-up display (HUD) technology is coming soon to a car near you.

The first law of thermodynamics simply says you can’t get something for nothing. It’s universally applicable; never fails.

Pneumatic cylinders are the basis for linear motion throughout most automated assembly systems.

AB Electrolux (Stockholm, Sweden) recently unveiled what it claims is the first automatic vacuum cleaner in the world for domestic applications.