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Caterpillar 336E H hydraulic hybrid excavator nets company its first Edison Award

Caterpillar 336E H hydraulic hybrid excavator nets...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Apr 30, 2013

Fresh on its proper introduction to the public at the massive Bauma construction equipment show in Munich, Caterpillar's 336E H ...

VIDEO: Caterpillar CEO talks Bauma, telematics and customers

VIDEO: Caterpillar CEO talks Bauma, telematics and...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Apr 19, 2013

From Munich and the Bauma show, Caterpillar recently posted a video interview to YouTube with its Chairman and CEO Doug ...

Better Roads: 3 challenges to Google’s self-driving car

Better Roads: 3 challenges to Google’s...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 27, 2013

John Latta, editor of our sister publication Better Roads, has put down some thoughts on the self-driving car Google has ...

Bluebeam Software’s Revu 11 simplifies project document collaboration

Bluebeam Software’s Revu 11 simplifies project...

Posted by Amy Materson on Mar 21, 2013

Collaborate on project documents and digitize technical reviews with Revu 11 from Bluebeam Software, which allows editing files from the ...

Light Transmitting Concrete turns walls into screens

Light Transmitting Concrete turns walls into screens

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 15, 2013

From a functionality standpoint, innovations like this may seem a bit silly to those of us who use concrete to, ...

Behind the B15: The design process of Caterpillar’s rugged smartphone

Behind the B15: The design process of...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 13, 2013

Just a couple of weeks ago, Caterpillar launched a pretty surprising new product. Not a dozer or an excavator, but ...

Tablets, cloud services assist construction equipment manufacturers in field and on factory floor

Tablets, cloud services assist construction equipment...

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Mar 08, 2013

In today’s highly automated world of manufacturing there is a new force entering the scene for construction equipment manufacturers—mobility. From tracking ...

Drones may one day build skyscrapers

Drones may one day build skyscrapers

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 04, 2013

We've seen how unmanned aerial vehicles can be used for surveying. But how about being used to construct a full-fledged ...

Contractor smartphone use surges; social media use sees modest gain

Contractor smartphone use surges; social media use sees...

Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on Mar 04, 2013

Contractors are dinged for being slow technology adaptors, but according to the 2013 Equipment World Internet Use and Social Media ...

Chevy and GMC 2015 pickups will have 4G LTE, Wi-Fi built in

Chevy and GMC 2015 pickups will have 4G LTE, Wi-Fi...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Feb 26, 2013

General Motors announced this week that its 2015 Chevrolet and GMC pickups will have the ability to connect to 4G ...

Researchers develop system to improve GPS accuracy in cities up to 90%

Researchers develop system to improve GPS accuracy in...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Feb 18, 2013

In the bustle of a city full of traffic, narrow streets, tall buildings, trees and other obstacle, GPS can have ...

The new BlackBerry Z10, left, and Q10

BlackBerry reinvents itself with business-friendly Z10,...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Jan 30, 2013

The new BlackBerry Z10, left, and Q10   This morning in New York City, Research in Motion (which has re-named itself ...

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