How Design Software Will Shape Manufacturing's Future

Autodesk, a multinational software company based in San Rafael, California, makes 3-D design software used by everyone from automotive manufacturing giants to Hollywood studios. Now it is betting that those digital tools will have an increasingly powerful role in what happens on factory floors, enabling manufacturers to embrace more flexible strategies that deliver more customized products.
Buzz Kross, who heads the company's manufacturing industry group, says the manufacturers he works with see an opportunity in new technology at a time when they sense that the boom in outsourcing to China has run its course. "There have always been companies that differentiate based on their ability to manufacture most efficiently, and others based on design and invention—it's the difference between GM and Tesla," says Kross. "Now a lot of manufacturers are leaning more to the design model."

Click to keep reading:  http://www.technologyreview.com/business/37951/?p1=BI

E-books taking over?

At the end of the week, I’ll be moving west and writing about technology from The New York Times’s San Francisco bureau.
I’ve lived in New York City for 15 years, and over that time have amassed a lot of stuff. My personal belongings are strewn about the city, piled up in my apartment, stuffed into drawers at my office and stacked in a storage space in Brooklyn.
When it came time to pack for the big move, I was forced to cull what I could afford to send out to San Francisco from what I would have to throw away or give to friends. Most decisions were pretty simple; pots and pans, my bicycle and my Apple iPad would all make the trip. Old and now useless electronics and large furniture would stay. CLICK LINK BELOW TO CONTINUE READING:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/27/paper-books-should-they-stay-or-should-they-go/?ref=technology

Do you know how much an MBA in Business Administration could earn you today?

According to the website payscale this are some of the careers you can have with an MBA and their average salary in today's economy. Click here for more careers:

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Degree=Master_of_Business_Administration_(MBA)/Salary

Senior Financial Analyst  $48,165 - $89,396

Marketing Director          $67,563 - $146,901

Financial Analyst             $30,000 - $52,375     

Solar Power Increase

As the population rises more stress in being put on our electricity grids. A concern that is now old yet insufficient actions have been put forth to fix the problem. Lets take a look at how New York is taking a step forward by considering solar power. Click on the link.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/07/25/technology/solar-new-york/index.htm?hpt=te_bn3

It is obvious that we must find other ways to get electricity. Wind power and solar energy are two of them.
See this video for an affordable idea with solar power.

As Predicted: Video game technology on the rise!

As we all know Apple has taken the lead in many areas of technology leaving Windows a bit behind in the race.  Yes, we are all tired of the constant viruses brought about by the low security features of Windows; however, they have taken the video game industry by storm with the introduction of the Xbox 360 and the Kinect system.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/07/21/technology/microsoft_earnings/index.htm?hpt=te_bn4

Some call it the end of an era, others call it just the beginning...

Just before dawn this Thursday we will see NASA's final shuttle voyage come to an end as it approaches it's return home. It is quite an amazement what technology has brought us to. As we speak NASA's scientist and engineers dream of a world on another planet. Scientist search the universe for a planet that can sustain life, and engineers put together blue prints for a galactic city to be built some time in the future.  At Technological University of America we to dream of the many students we will prepare and graduate for careers that will continue to build a future for the rest of humanity.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43803573/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Top Jobs for 2011: And The Winner is!!!!???

The number one spot in today's economy has been taken by Software Architect in the Information Technology sector. With a potential to earn up to $126,000 annually it ranked at number 1 out 100 for the year of 2011.  This shows how much Information Technology has grown in the past decade. Technology itself has taken on a whole new level. Check out this link for a complete list:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/2010/snapshots/1.html

See what statistics have to say about this increasing sector:
http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Information_Technology_(IT)_Consultant/Salary