He will tour robotics site in Pittsburgh
(AP) - Imagining advances from lighter cars to smarter robots, President Obama is announcing a $500 million project to spur high-technology manufacturing, a sector of US industry that presidential advisers say has lost ground to such competitors as Germany and Japan. Today in Pittsburgh, Obama is to call for a joint effort by industry, universities, and the federal government to help reposition the United States as a leader in cutting-edge manufacturing, including biotechnology, robotics, and nanotechnology—the development of new materials at the molecular level. More»
