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• Essinger, James. Jacquard's web; how a hand loom led to the birth of the Information Age

  - 2007-11-01

  ESSINGER, James. Jacquard's web; how a hand loom led to the birth of the Information Age. Oxford University Press. 302p. illus. bibliog, index, c2004. 978-0-19-280578-2. $16.95. A This piquantly titled book indeed speaks to a great truth unknown to nearly everyone except the super-techies of the computer world: the...

  Tags: computer, Leadership, Manufacturing, MARKETING, PRODUCTIVITY, University of Oxford, Web

• Crow bar

  - 2005-04-01

  New Caledonian crows Corvus moneduloides are famous for poking twigs under bark or into crevices to dislodge grubs. Only one other species of bird, the wood-pecker finch, uses an object for probing--a cactus spine. But are these cases of nature or of nurture? Does such resourcefulness come naturally to the...

  Tags: Manufacturing, PRODUCTIVITY, species, University of Oxford

• Low-cost tooling developed.

  - 2003-02-05

  Feb 04, 2003 (Manufacturers' Monthly - ABIX via COMTEX) Oxford University, in association with the Ford Motor Company, is conducting metal-moulding research. A breakthrough technology, known as sprayform tool process, has been developed. It enables the fabrication of tools and dies in a sufficiently...

  Tags: Ford Motor Co., Manufacturing, PRODUCTIVITY, tool, University of Oxford