Should 18-year-olds be permitted to drive in interstate commerce? A somewhat technical and voluntary clause in the 1,000-page highway bill set for debate in the Senate has caught the eye of the trucking industry (generally supportive) and highway safety groups (strongly opposed).
Metabo headquarters in NÃ¼rtingen. Metabowerke GmbH with its headquarters in NÃ¼rtingen, Germany is a manufacturer of high quality power tools for professional users. The company was founded in the 1920s and got its name from a hand drill, the so-called Metallbohrdreher. Today, Metabo offers a wide range of power tools.
Roomba's makers, iRobot Corporation, describe their creation as a vacuum cleaning robotâand that's a fair and accurate description. Just like the industrial robots that weld cars in factories, it follows a series of preprogrammed instructions, but it also uses a certain amount of built-in intelligence to work out what it needs to do and how it needs to do it. Photo: Turn your Roomba over and this is what you'll see underneath.