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Outsourcing Inspection Is a Cost Effective Measure

You have a dilemma: the shop’s begun production on a new component. You don’t have the right equipment to inspect it properly, or the staff. The contract is sizeable, but there’s no guarantee on how long you will have it. Do you invest in a new coordinate measuring machine (a significant investment that needs to show real returns over the years) or do you contract your new inspection needs to a metrology house? Purchasing a new or used coordinate measuring machine can improve your delivery times and the quality of your parts, in addition to cutting down on wasted time…

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Avoid Inviting an Identity Theft Thief Into Your Home

In a day and age when so much consumer information is out there, the last thing you want is your data falling into the wrong hands. Unfortunately, that is the case when an identity theft thief comes across pertinent personal information, information that he or she can use to cause damage to your financial well-being. In order to decrease the odds of becoming the next identity theft victim, what are you doing to stand your ground and fight? If the answer to that question is little or even nothing, you put yourself, your family (if applicable), and even your future…

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Do Your Company’s IT Efforts Add Up?

Photo by CC user Marko Puusaar on Wikimedia Commons For those running businesses across the country, the I.T. departments sometimes get overlooked for just how important they truly are. That said stop to think for a moment about where your company would be if one or more serious issues occurred in the technology component of your business. How long would it take you and your business to get back on track? As some business owners who have experienced such matters can tell you, just the smallest of tech problems at times can turn into major disrupters in the office. So, do…

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Wrap Up Your PS4 for Extra Protection

Sony’s PlayStation 4 is one of the toughest video game consoles on the market, but that doesn’t mean it’s indestructible. It’s still vulnerable to damage should it get put through the ringer, and no amount of its 8GBs of GDDR5 memory will stand up to scratches, scuffs, grime, or spilled drinks. That’s entirely up to the strength of the plastic frame of the console, and sometimes it’s not up to the job. The PlayStation 4 is pretty good, but if you wrap up your PS4 for extra protection, it will make it as tough as it can be. Right out…

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7 Futuristic Technologies That Are Totally Mind-Blowing and Totally Real

Last generation’s science fiction writers have inspired this generation of scientists, and to nearly everyone’s surprise, it turns out the future is now. Aside from light-speed space travel, most technology we see on the silver screen ? from Iron Man’s suit to Marty McFly’s hover board ? is absolutely real. We live in a fantastic time, and these nine technologies definitely prove that. Personal Fabricators Given the choice between spending hours shopping for a particular item or having that item specially crafted in one’s own home, few would choose the former. The powerful replicator of “Star Trek: The Next Generation”…

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