In recent years we’ve been hearing about some major companies as well as automobile manufacturers developing self-driving cars. Google, Apple, BMW, Ford and other carmakers are experimenting with it and have predicted that they will be available by 2020. Tesla has recently released its Autopilot feature, which is software that can self-drive a Tesla Model … Read more
Last holiday season, drones were one of the most popular gifts. Now businesses are discovering new uses for the remotely piloted flying machines. Online retail giant Amazon already has said it wants to use robotic drones to support its proposed same-day package delivery. Now Wal-Mart — the world’s largest real-world retailer — says it plans … Read more
Here is a special sneak preview of some of the stories you will find coming up on the Bahrns blog: Throw Wal-Mart’s hat in the ring where drones are concerned. The company plans to start using drones for it’s warehouse … Self driving cars and now self driving trucks? That’s right! A company is creating … Read more
Mark your calendars: Tuesday, June 16th is National Forklift Safety Day. The third annual event is sponsored by the Industrial Truck Association and its purpose is to bring more focus to the safe use of forklifts and the importance or providing the appropriate training to forklift operators. According to the ITA, National Forklift Safety Day … Read more
Sears Roebuck & Co., once the largest retailer in the US, has been among the hardest hit by the rise of online shopping. During the first three months of this year, sales have slipped 8.3% to $5.39 billion — a loss of $471 million. — during the three months of 2016. Now company officials are … Read more
Here is a special sneak preview of some of the stories you will find coming up on the Bahrns blog: Mark your calendars: Tuesday, June 16th is the third annual National Forklift Safety Day, the one day of the year set aside to bring awareness to the importance of forklift safety. We’ll tell you what’s … Read more
By 2030, warehouses worldwide will have feature products that “talk” to the driverless forklifts that transport them, vehicles that generate more energy than they use, and integrated self-reliant facilities that operate autonomously with practically zero human workers. That’s what the future is going to look like according to a new 3-D holographic display in a … Read more
No doubt you have heard the phrase, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” And no doubt you understand the point of the quote is that difficult situations lead to ingenious solutions. Some have attributed the quote to Plato, who wrote in The Republic, “Necessity, who is the mother of invention.” Regardless who first said it; … Read more
Less than five months after it began making runs between Asia and the US, the largest cargo ship ever to make port in North America has been redirected to the Asia-to-Europe port. One reason France’s CMA CGM SA cargo shipping company’s shifting the mammoth CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin was due to US ports being unable … Read more
Here is a special sneak preview at some of the stories coming soon on the Bahrns blog: Just five months ago, West Coast port officials were ceremoniously welcoming the world’s largest cargo container ship. Now the giant vessels are no longer being welcomed at US ports. We’ll tell you what happened and how it could … Read more
