“Just as everyone uses their smart phones and tablets to connect to their bank account, doorbell and thermostat, IIoT allows people to connect to their machines/equipment with the same ease and security,” Davis explains.

Dragobobs will be open from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Eventually it will be open from Wednesday through Sunday.

But Beijing was wildly mistaken if it hoped the video purporting to show Heyit in good health, which was uploaded to state-run China Radio International on Sunday, would quash rumors of the musician’s death. Instead, China experts and academics are pointing out that the video can’t be taken at face value. The Chinese Communist Party is well known for extracting and televising forced video confessions. It’s possible that China coerced the musician into giving voice to scripted words. It’s also possible that the video was doctored.

Blackbird Hemp hopes to organize an annual hemp festival with educational seminars at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Crown Point, launch its own Blackbird-branded products and open more locations around the Region. Once it can accept debit and credit card payment, it hopes to establish a subscription service in which payments are automatically deducted and CBD is mailed out to customers.

Clark also maintains that check fixtures allow entry-level participation. “It allows virtually any person with a minimum amount of training to know whether their work is acceptable. When applied at each stage of production, it also ensures the early elimination of defective parts.”

Byford wants people to imagine an “Under New Management” sign hanging across the system. It can be a tough sell.

Paul Bisset, chief executive of Harvest CROO Robotics, which is backed by $7.5m from several big US strawberry growers, says the industry had no choice but to turn to technology given the shortage of migrant workers.

Hexagon Mfg. Intelligence has introduced the Optiv Performance 322 CMM, a customizable, upgradeable benchtop unit for the inspection of stampings and profiles.

Brother Gearmotors has introduced a line of interior permanent magnet (IPM) gearmotors with an ie4 energy efficiency rating. IPMax is a line of lightweight, compact IPM gearmotors designed to be efficient with a wide synchronous speed range, incorporating magnets embedded within the rotor, as opposed to on the surface.

Co-owners Ben Parades Rojas and David Huetra De Jesus have been looking to expand for some time because of the brisk business at the original location at 1302 N. Main St. in Crown Point. De Jesus said they hoped to open the Highland Fat Burrito in a few months, possibly as soon as March, but that a lot of renovation still needed to be done.

For all its refinement – zero vibration at idle – and its sporty exhaust note, the CR-V engine feels lethargic at low revs and there’s a small but distinct gain in performance at around 4000rpm and higher, which is where most drivers won’t want the engine revving in a family-oriented SUV. Even then, the CR-V in this variant cannot keep up with the base-spec Forester.

It was usually always packed on weekends, and the crowds have only grown since the closure was announced on Facebook.