Cummins Inc. [NYSE: CMI] today announced they will launch the new Meritor® RT-160 HE tandem drive axle family for heavy linehaul applications at Truck World, Mississauga, ON, Canada. 

PrevenTech’s proactive failure detection leads to significant cost savings and preserved uptime

"Watson, tell me about my doctor." "Watson, conduct a survey and record the responses for my nurse." 

There is one place where infinity pools, waterfalls and sports courts float on open waters...superyachts. Imagine a Sunday sipping a drink and enjoying these luxuries while watching the Monaco Grand Prix. Then, enjoy all these luxuries as you transit to a secluded Greek island few days later.  

If you admire Parisians who have the luxury of sipping their coffee with a direct view of the Eiffel Tower, consider this: The average Parisian has a hearing loss equivalent to adding more than 15 years their actual age. In its defense, Paris is not unusual; most residents in other cities face the same challenge at varying levels.

In a 2003 Ted Talk, Jeff Bezos, Chairman, CEO and President of Amazon, reflected back to what he called the "golden age" of the electric revolution. It was a time when customers’ key need from electricity was simply reliability - for the lights to turn on and appliances to run whenever the customers needed them. 

See How to Raise Your Energy IQ But before we get too far into the experiment, let's get one thing out of the way: Electricity is simply a form of energy. Now that we've cleared that up, here's a quick experiment to help you better understand the difference between energy and power.

With the cost of $50,000 for a single tire and consumption of up to 30 gallons of fuel an hour, it could cost over a million dollars a year to operate a mine haul truck. With such high costs and almost continuous use of equipment, even small improvements yield into major affordability gains for miners.

Cummins recently teamed with ESTECO to co-sponsor the Microgrid Design Competition. The competition attracted teams of engineers from 56 universities representing 15 countries around the world.