When a close friend of Jerome Mack died in a grain bin accident in 1998, Mack did more than grieve. He formed the Leola, S.D.-based Mack Robotics to develop robotic equipment to work in bins so that ...

As we all know, sometimes the projects we plan simply never materialize. You have an idea, maybe even buy some of the parts you need, and then…nothing. Maybe you changed your mind, or maybe the idea ...

LEOLA, S.D. -- Jerome Mack is a busy man. While his wife Lynette maintains the family's Old Bank Lodge that caters to pheasant hunters, he raises wheat, soybeans and corn near Leola, S.D., and ...

A Leola man’s invention, the Bin Bot, was named as one of the top 10 innovative products at the 2014 World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif., last month. Jerome Mack knows the heartbreak of losing a friend in ...

LEOLA, S.D. - Jerome Mack is a busy man. While his wife Lynette maintains the family’s Old Bank Lodge that caters to pheasant hunters, he raises wheat, soybeans and corn near Leola, S.D., and operates ...

Writing out a shopping list may be a thing of the past thanks to a new "bin bot" called GeniCan. As you throw away products, the crowd-funded GeniCan recognises and adds them to your digital shopping ...

A waste bin and a recycling bin, both perched on top of robotic wheeled disks, roll between tables in Brooklyn's Albee Square. They've helped make throwing away trash more convenient for passersby — ...