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Your car parts may come from a 3D printer soon

Traditional car parts are fabricated in machine shops and factories. Automakers employ hundreds of employees to create the parts for your cars, trucks, and SUV’s. In future years, we could see this change. Your car parts could come from a 3D printer in the future. Right now, car makers use 3D printers to print prototypes of their vehicles, but this technology could be revving up to become a primary maker of your auto’s parts.

Sara Dean
New gadget remembers where you parked

New gadget remembers where you parked

It’s the age old problem. You park your car in the parking garage, but you can’t remember where. Was it orange 4A, or yellow 3B? And of course, you own a popular model vehicle, so they all start to look the same. There you go after your long flight, roaming the airport parking structure trying to remember where you parked. You are tired, and cranky, not to mention packing your luggage from floor to floor.

Sara Dean
How will social media be used differently this election season?

How will social media be used differently this election season?

Some have attributed the success of President Barack Obama's rise to prominence over early favorite Hillary Clinton in 2008 to the adept way his campaign handled social media. He generated the early buzz through social before the mainstream media and television started realizing he would be able to sneak right past his opponents into prominence. The Republicans and John McCain had a miniscule focus on social media by comparison.

Sal McCloskey
Resumes in the digital age

Resumes in the digital age

We live in a big, rushing, digital world. Writing letters is something done for nostalgic purposes; a throwback to simpler times. School-age children aren’t even taught to read an analog clock anymore. Even the simple act of installing a landline telephone in your house is an antiquated ideal. However, in this digital world, where social media is the new job application, why are we still sweating over our paper resumes?

Lauren Galli
The future of automotive marketing: car deals that stalk you on social media

The future of automotive marketing: car deals that stalk you on social media

Social media has conspicuously been the frontier where automotive ad agencies have treaded very carefully. Despite the massive attention given to sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, only a tiny portion of advertising budgets from manufacturers down to dealers has been allotted to social media. This trend is reversing itself quickly as companies at all levels of the industry are turning towards social as the golden ticket it has always promised to be.

Brian Molidor
Is your password secure?

Is your password secure?

We all know the old rule of never recycling passwords, but how many of us actually follow this advice? In a world where people are still using the word...

Brian Wallace

Amazon.com is on fire

If you’ve turned on the TV, shopped on Amazon, or read a magazine in the past seven years, you’ve heard the word Kindle. With an uber-popular line...

Michio Hasai