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The Monday Blog Alert from IEN Connects features direct links to items of interest or concern to the greater manufacturing and industrial community, written by IEN's editors. The Blog Alert is designed to raise issues, introduce technological advancements, invite reader comment, establish community dialogue and, at times, even generate a few laughs! New this week...

Planes, Brains & Automobiles
By Mike Botta, IEN Staff
Just how far out of touch are the leaders of the Big Three automakers? They seem completely clueless when it comes to what’s happening in the real world of their customers and suppliers...

America’s First Tech President
By Jennifer Hooker, IEN Staff
November 4, 2008 was a historic election day not only because it introduced the first black president, but also because Barack Obama is expected to be the first president in the Oval Office with a computer...

Nation's First Trash Vaporizer
By Debbie Maskin, IEN Staff
Florida will be the site of a plasma gasification plant that will produce fewer emissions than standard incineration, reduce landfill volume and methane release, and generate electricity...

Why I’d Rather Drive
By Mark Devlin, IEN Staff
I’ve taken to driving my own car to tradeshows lately, as long as the distance is within reason (to me, anyway). The great folks for whom I work wonder about that, however, and thus wonder about me...

5 Fast Facts for Thanksgiving
By Mary O'Hara Smith, IEN Staff
Okay, this is not the year for sentimentality about the things we ought to be thankful for, especially when that list seems to be dwindling daily -- but maybe we can cheer you up a bit...

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