3D Printer Used To Rebuild Injured Man's Face (Orange News) Combining 3D printing and detailed CT scans, surgeons are creating implants to recreate a man’s face that was injured in a road accident.
ALA launches Policy Revolution! initiative for libraries (American Library Association) The American Library Association Office for Information Technology Policy will immediately begin work on a national public policy agenda and action plan for U.S. libraries with support from a new three-year $1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Congressman: Ohio base could lose 6,000 jobs (WFTV) Rep. Mike Turner is warning that federal spending cuts could cost Wright-Patterson Air Force Base up to 6,000 military and civilian jobs by next year. The overall potential regional economic hit of the cuts could be nearly $9 billion for southwest Ohio.
High demand for jobs and good pay prompts more Tri-C students to enroll in its manufacturing program (News Net 5) According to a Cleveland State University study, manufacturing employment in northeast Ohio grew by 8.2 percent between 2010 and 2012. In the last couple of years, Tri-C has had a 15 percent bump in their manufacturing program’s enrollment.
IBM opening up supercomputer 'Watson' to apps developers (WRAL TechWire) Opening up the Watson platform to outside developers is IBM’s latest step to commercialize the technology as it tries to boost revenue from cloud computing amid a decline in its hardware business.
Judge Hands Google a Big Victory in Lengthy Book-Scanning Case (The Chronicle of Higher Education) Google won a major court victory this week when the judge ruled that Google Books project constituted fair use and dismissed a lawsuit against Google brought by publishers and authors. The Authors Guild indicated that it plans to appeal the ruling on copyright abuse.
Liquefied natural gas exports could add $5B to Ohio’s economy (Columbus Business First) Liquefied natural gas (LNG) development could help create as many as 30,000 jobs in Ohio and boost the state’s economy by as much as $5 billion by 2035. Those in the industry are pushing the Department of Energy to grant more LNG permits in a timely manner to expedite its development.
