America Makes, Wealth Gap, Autonomous Cars & More

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - 9:22am

America Makes Hosts Additive Projects (Modern Machine Shop) – America Makes will host two special topic project competitions on behalf of the Air Force Research Laboratory.                                                                                      

Chegg Finds Partner to Handle Its Textbooks (The New York Times) – On Monday, Chegg unveiled a partnership meant to convince the market that it is taking a big step into a digital future.                                                                 

S&P: Wealth GAP Is Slowing US Economic Growth (10TV) – An analysis by the rating agency Standard & Poor's lends its weight to the argument that the widening gap between the wealthiest Americans and everyone else has made the economy more prone to boom-bust cycles and slowed the 5-year-old recovery from the recession.                            

Syracuse Named No. 1 Party School; Miami tops Ohio Colleges (The Columbus Dispatch) – The top party school in Ohio, according to the Princeton Review, was Miami University in Oxford, which was 11th on the list, up from 16th the previous year. 

The American Attitude to Self-Driving Cars (The Atlantic) – More than 60 percent of surveyed Americans think autonomous vehicles are very or somewhat likely to lead to fewer crashes, reduced severity of crashes, improved emergency response to crashes, lower vehicle emissions, and better fuel economy.