"We've won the war on boredom! If you have a smartphone in your pocket, a game console in the living room, a Kindle in your backpack and an iPad in the kitchen, you never need to suffer a minute without stimulation. Yay!

"But wait—we might be in dangerous territory. Experts say our brains need boredom so we can process thoughts and be creative. I think they're right. I've noticed that my best ideas always bubble up when the outside world fails in its primary job of frightening, wounding or entertaining me."

From ARC's Larry O'Brien:

TARDEC, the Army Tank Automotive RD&E Center is hiring students for summer jobs!

Here's the press release:

TARDEC Offers Summer Jobs to Science and Engineering Students

Interested Candidates Can Preview Military Technologies at Detroit Auto Show

Everyone knows that no building is stronger than its foundation or a company better than its corporate principles so it should be no surprise that a project will be no more successful than the planning that takes place at the start of the project. This is certainly true for any industrial installation and in particular an industrial communications project.