Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Foundations laid, building work to continue at EU summit (2:29)
Oct. 17 - EU leaders meet in Brussels for the 22nd summit in less than 3 years. But unlike most of the others, this one isn't being billed as a ''crisis'' summit.
Daily Digit: One billion smartphones (1:09)
Strategy Analytics says there's a record of more than one billion smartphones in use worldwide
Baxter the robot readied for U.S. factory revival (2:50)
Oct. 17 - The revival of manufacturing in the U.S. has been a hot topic for debate in the run-up to the presidential election, but one company based in Boston believes the answer lies not in factory jobs for humans, but for robots. Rethink Robotics has developed a low cost automoton they say could re-energize factory floors and allow U.S. manufacturers to compete with low wage countries like China. Ben Gruber reports
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