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Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now During my career as an automotive engineer at Ford Motor Company in the early 2000s, world-class vision system technology was already routinely being used for various applications on programs and production. However, the automation around the analysis had not yet …

Rido / Shutterstock.com Many familiar retailers and restaurants that already were reeling from changing consumer habits received a financial punch they may not overcome when the coronavirus pandemic hit earlier this year. Some will hang on by restructuring their companies — often including shuttering underperforming stores — through Chapter 11 …

In 2007, Rudy Gonsior joined the Army Special Forces, where he served as a sniper on a team trained to deploy abroad on short notice. The fast tempo of missions left him feeling that he had joined a “cult of death,” he said. GIGANTE, Costa Rica — There was a …