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Move Over, Tractor—the Farmer Wants a Crop-Spraying Drone

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Today, Erickson is the CEO of Houston-based Hylio , a company that builds crop-spraying drones for farmers. Launched in 2015, the company has its own factory and employs more than 40 people. We were like, ‘Screw all the school stuff—drones are the future,’” Erickson says. “I

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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The telecommunications technology is used by all major U.S. telephone companies. He began his career at Ferranti , an electrical engineering and equipment company in Manchester, England. First used in Apple ’s iTunes program, it now can be found in all smartphones. before joining Texas Instruments in Dallas.