News article..."Green jobs"

... from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:


Electric motor expertise sold Spanish firm on Milwaukee
By the Journal Sentinel

In the race to attract green jobs, it turns out that Milwaukee's old-economy legacy of manufacturing is more plus than minus.
The strengths of a region once known as the "machine shop to the world" helped set it apart from nearly 80 other cities considered by Spain's Ingeteam, which announced Tuesday it will open its first U.S. factory in Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley.
Ingeteam expects to begin construction in April on a factory that it hopes to open in January with about 50 to 60 employee....

Click here to read the full article.

What do you think about Green jobs? How do you think Milwaukee will benefit from this new factory?
Feel free to comment on this Blog, or discuss in class on Thursday.

Peter

PLC 101 - Lab Manual and Simulator available... WIRED training Portage

Hello:

This message is specifically for the morning class, taking part in the WIRED PLC training in Portage. You can download a trial version of the Simulator here. If you are new to PLC programming and working with LogixPro, please be sure to check out this link for basic usage instructions.

We will be doing the Labs from Chapter 1 this Thursday in LogixPro. Once everyone successfully created a simulation, we will be doing the same in RSLogix 500 Pro and practice upload/download with the MicroLogix 1000.

All of the Lab manual instructions, along with some good reference materials can be found here. Don't worry about checking all of the links; I'm only providing you a few site to to be aware off for future reference. Please note that Madison College is not affiliated with any of the sites. Installing any of the programs, signing up for accounts, or downloading materials is done at your own risk.

Can we trust robots....?

The most recent edition of "Popular Mechanics" features a very interesting article about robots, specifically Social Robots or Humanoids.
Do you remember the "Terminator" movies? They took place in a world controlled by machines (robots). The Popular Mechanics article discusses how departments at large research institutions are developing and testing robots that can "socialize" with humans.

Are we getting that much closer to a world as depicted in Sci-Fi movies such as: I, Robot and The Matrix? Do you think this could ever be possible?