YeungJin College (President Jang Young-chul) opened a training program to send its students to partner companies overseas and have them experience local corporate culture and learn professional techniques.
The college sent 86 students with excellent academic records to Japan and China, and conducted trainings for 5 sectors including imbedded, 3D automobile design, and IT project. It invested 130 mil KRW in the 5-day or 1-month program.
On Feb 4th, 21 trainees for automobile design took 3-week program through which they learnt 3D CAD design for automobile parts from local engineers at Asia Solution in Fukuoka, Japan. They plan to upload video clips of their project results on U-Tube.
Another 32 trainees took 5-day Imbedded training at Hasama in Tokyo last month, and were put into an on-the-job training for ITRON, imbedded software.

Manufacturing lowest in nearly 5 years

The Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index fell to 48.3 from 50.7 in January. Economists were expecting a reading of 48, according to a consensus compiled by Briefing.com.

"It's just one more sign that there's economic weakness in the economy," added York, who believes that this report will give the Federal Reserve further incentive to cut rates at a meeting later this month.

Imax Parlays a Huge Screen and 3-D Tech Into an Experience You Can't ...

Today, Imax is also in the business of screening concerts, 3-D animation, and Hollywood blockbusters such as I Am Legend or the latest Harry Potter flick. The company is breaking out of museums as well: Soon, you're likely to see one of its supersize screens pop up at a nearby multiplex.

Imax's towering images and stunning sound quality have always been an easy sell for audiences. But the enormous cost of producing that experience has long limited the company's growth. Now it's possible to convert a standard Hollywood film into the big-screen format, but just a few years ago, only Imax's Volkswagen-size cameras could produce an Imax film. In July, the company will take another leap and move from a film-based system to a digital format. Movies that were previously delivered in unwieldy, 600-pound film canisters (requiring a special forklift) will now arrive on a hard drive.

SV chamber reviews efforts in past year, while charting its future ...

SIERRA VISTA — At their biggest meeting yet, members of the Greater Sierra Vista Area Chamber of Commerce reviewed their activities from the past year and goals for the future.Susan Tegmeyer, president and CEO, presented a video highlighting chamber offerings for the annual membership meeting Tuesday at the Windemere Hotel and Conference Center. .

FamilySearch announces seminar for Web application developers

FamilySearch has announced its first conference for software and Web application developers.

FamilySearch now has a full platform for software developers — genealogy content, interfaces, tools, code, support, and training. This platform enables developers to launch a new business or boost their target markets by adding features that are programmatically linked to FamilySearch’s expanding online resources.