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发帖数: 6973 | 1 (1) Robb M Stewart, Rio Trucks Make Efficient Haul; Iron-Ore Miner to Deploy
Massive Automated Vehicles at Australian Site in 2012. Wall Street Journal,
June 9, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142
4052702304259304576372892652648426.html
("autonomous trucks, trains and drill rigs")
My comment:
(a) Rio Tinto Group
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Tinto_Group
(a British-Australian company based at both Westminster (a London borough)
and Melbourne; founded in 1873, when a multinational consortium of
investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto river, in [province of]
Huelva, Spain from the Spanish government)
In Spanish, rio and tionto are the noun and adjective for "river" and "red."
(b) I guess it is all right to operate the above in a desert. It will be
trickier if they are in urban areas. See
Greg Gardner, NHTSA Chief: 'A Car iIsNot a Mobile Device;' Strickland wants
to minimize distractions. USA Today, June 10, 2011 (title in print).
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post
/2011/06/nhtsa-chief-vows-to-fight-cars-becoming-smartphone-on-wheels/1
(2) Lorraine Luk, Hon Hai Reaches Out; Manufacturer to add Sharp alliance.
Wall Street Journal, June 9, 2011 (title in print)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270
2304432304576372570709720128.html
("The rising affluence of Asian consumers and a slew of new product launches
have heated up competition among electronics firms in the region, with the
Korean players taking the lead in terms of sophistication of technology and
market share. This has driven tie-ups between Japanese and Taiwanese firms
aiming for a bigger slice of the market.")
My comment:
(a) Taiwan commercially is non-threatening to all parties (US and China are
two example). Naturally when Japanese companies seek alliance, they look to
Taiwanese companies.
(b) Related news:
Clare Jim and Argin Chang, Apple Supplier Hon Hai seeks Hi-Tech Future.
Reuters, June 8, 2011.
http://in.news.yahoo.com/apple-supplier-hon-hai-seeks-hi-tech-f |
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