AT THE huge Canon Hi-Tech factory in Thailand, production is carried out, not via the traditional conveyor belt system, but by clusters of workers. According to factory executives, by converting from belt to cell production, they enjoy a space saving of 380,000 sq metres which is used for storage. Consequently, the factory was able to reduce the number of its external warehouses from 34 to 17. In the cell group system, a team of production workers carry out a diversity of tasks, from assembly of parts onto the printer to the final packing. A new book examines copyright and other intellectual property issues and the trend towards zero-tolerance.
British scientists claims to have isolated a language gene.
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