NASA Looks To 3D-Printed Pizza And Other Foods For Long Distance Space Travel
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online According to a report by Quartz, NASA is dishing out $125,000 in grant money to help Anjan Contractor develop a 3D food printer. Contractor received the six month grant from NASA to create...
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HARRISBURG, Pa., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- D&H Distributing, the major North American computer products and consumer electronics distributor, introduces its new "Get Authorized" program for resellers. The "Get Authorized" tool reduces the time and labor of the vendor authorization process, which resellers and dealers must go through in order to buy products subject to MAP (minimum advertised pricing), UPP (unilateral pricing policy) and similar authorization restrictions....
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Outright along with Page Mage Inc., eBay Radio, Stamps.com, Terapeak and Kabbage will be hosting a free webinar for eBay® sellers. Hugh Williams will discuss how search engines work and what makes the eBay search problem interesting and challenging. He'll also give an overview of search improvements at eBay over the past few years, his views on where we are today in search, and what's new in search this year. Hugh will also briefly...
New social business platform to jump start employee collaboration LONDON, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Planet (http://www.unitedplanet.com), one of the leading developers of enterprise portal software in Europe, has developed a new social business platform called Intrexx Share which it expects to drive employee collaboration and revitalise the role of the intranet as an internal company communications network. United Planet's CEO, Axel Wessendorf, explains: "The...
UNTERSCHLEISSHEIM and BERLIN, Germany and LUCCA, Italy, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tagetik and pmOne AG deliver superior consolidation software to support one of Europe's leading media company in streamlining Performance Management processes Tagetik, a global provider of enterprise software solutions for Performance Management, Disclosure Management, Financial Governance and Business Intelligence, today announced that Axel Springer AG (http://www.axelspringer.com) -...
NEW YORK, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Deloitte today unveiled Dynamic Review, a proprietary methodology to combine human review with advanced analytics -- including predictive coding -- to help large organizations reduce costs and increase efficiency in evidence collection for internal investigations and litigation with external parties. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120803/MM52028LOGO-a ) "Whether our clients sit in highly regulated or actively litigious industries,...
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Deloitte announced today that it is expanding its global alliance with salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company, with the launch of new capabilities for the Federal Innovation Center. The announcement brings together industry-leading practices and innovative technology solutions to accelerate government transformation. "The Federal Innovation Center affiliation will bring to the public sector the same success we have had with...
TORONTO, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC), a global leader in analytic data platforms, applications and services, today announced the latest release of its Teradata Demand Chain Management software, which forecasts consumer demand and synchronizes inventory to match it. The solution is available now, from Teradata Applications. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130415/CL94334LOGO) In today's challenging economy, companies have little margin...
Woolworths was recognized for its sustainable food quality and safety management initiatives, supported by the MetricStream GRC solution PALO ALTO, Calif., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading South African retailer and MetricStream customer, Woolworths, has won the prestigious Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG) GRC Achievement Award, presented on May 21, 2013 at the Compliance Week Conference in Washington, D.C. This award recognizes the great strides that organizations have...
HONG KONG, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennystocksinsiders.com (PSI) has provided insider trading reports for stock investors who follow hot stocks and penny stocks in the US market: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), General Electric (NYSE:GE), Walter Energy (NYSE:WLT), Saks (NYSE:SKS), Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA), and Herbalife (NYSE:HLF). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130417/HK96241LOGO ) (Read full report by clicking the link below, you may need to copy and paste the full link to...
#HelpMeSave Campaign Aims to Boost Americans' Savings Potential for Short and Long Term LARGO, Fla., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- With summer on the horizon, Valpak and Savings.com - leaders in print, digital and mobile couponing - are joining forces to help Americans trim their budgets during a season that typically encourages splurging, not saving. Through a first-of-its-kind #HelpMeSave campaign, the two Cox Target Media brands will launch a series of consumer savings makeovers...
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The flip or clamshell is a form factor found mainly in cellphones in the electronics market. There are typically two distinct sections of the device that fold together via a hinge. When the device is open, it is up and ready to be used, and provides more surface area then when closed. When the unit is closed, the interface components such as keys and display are protected and the device is shorter, making for easier to be carried and stored. A disadvantage of the flip unit is the connecting...
A paper clip is a thin wire in a looped shape that uses elasticity and strength of its construction materials to compress and hold pieces of paper together. Other types of clips use a two piece clamping system. Recent innovations are multi-colored plastic-coated paper clips. The first patent for a bent wire paper clip was awarded to Samuel B. Fay in 1867. He wanted it to be used for attaching tickets to fabric originally. His design, however, is not really reminiscent to the modern...
Liquid Paper, a brand of the Newell Rubbermaid Company, is a type of correction fluid used to fix typewriting in the past and now handwriting mistakes. Bette Nesmith Graham created the first correction fluid in 1951. Since she worked as a typist she made many mistakes and wanted to correct them, so she started with tempera paint and created what she called Mistake Out. She even provided her co-workers with bottles that had the brand name on it. Soon Graham was fired from her typist job...
A cash register is a device for calculating and recording sales transactions. A cash drawer for storing cash is attached and the register usually prints a receipt. Cash registers were first invented in order to deter employee theft and embezzlement. It is theorized that odd prices such as 49 and 99 cents came about so that it was almost guaranteed the cashier would have to provide a penny in change and therefore announce the sale. Most of the time the drawer could only be opened after a sale,...
