Marketplace Tech for Friday, July 19, 2013
In Seattle, the world's largest tunnel boring machine is about to get to work. Big Bertha -- named for former city mayor Bertha Knight Landes -- looks kind of like a giant, blue-tipped mechanical cigarette, except it's way cooler. And, drones could be worth more dead than alive in Dear Trail, Colorado. The town is considering offering hunting licenses and $100 bounties for unmanned aerial vehicles.
In Seattle, the world’s largest tunnel boring machine is about to get to work. Big Bertha — named for former city mayor Bertha Knight Landes — looks kind of like a giant, blue-tipped mechanical cigarette, except it’s way cooler. And, drones could be worth more dead than alive in Dear Trail, Colorado. The town is considering offering hunting licenses and $100 bounties for unmanned aerial vehicles.
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