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First Annual DMC Ski Trip

Recently, six DMC engineers and two significant others took a three-day weekend to hit the slopes in Breckenridge, CO. We left on Thursday afternoon, and were at Denver International Airport early in the evening. A quick grocery run and drive up the ...


Robots vs. Humans Soccer - Teaching Robots to Learn

Anyone who has frequented my blog entries knows that I am one of the biggest robot-enthusiasts at DMC. That's why I was so excited to get a chance to attend a lecture at the Museum of Science and Industry given recently by Dr. Minoru Asada, a top...


DMC is on the Move

After seven years, DMC is moving at the end of April.  The primary reason for the move is more space, as we are continuing to grow. Our new address. which will be communicated multiple times in the coming months, is: 2222 N. Elston Av...


The DMC vCard & MeCARD QR Code Generator (i.e. Business Cards for Geeks)

We are all getting new business cards at DMC, so we thought it would be fun to put QR codes on them to make it easier for our smartphone enabled customers to scan our info and add us to their contact database. Thanks to Google it's pretty easy...


More racing fun with friends at Argonne

DMC teamed up with our friends at Argonne National Labs for a fun-filled night of dinner and go-kart racing. We started out at one of our favorite spots, the Kerry Piper for some great Irish food, then headed to Melrose Park Grand Prix' new lo...


Robots, High Schools, and Goodwill

DMC was happy again to volunteer for a good cause with the FIRST Tech Challenge Robot competition here in Chicago. This FTC event is the state/regional championship, where High School students bring their best ingenuity, collaboration, and teamwor...


Hustle Up the Hancock 2011!

As in past years, Team DMC once again participated in the Hustle up the Hancock stair climbing challenge. Although we did have one non-employee on our team this year, we improved our team time by a full 1:20. We also improved our team placement from ...


Employee Spotlight: Jesse Batsche

Jesse Batsche, Systems Engineer What do you like best about working at DMC? The people.  I know this is what everybody says, but that’s because it’s true.  Everybody is an expert, the top in their field and you can learn so much quickly...


20 years of engineering

I have been working with DMC since March of 1997, when I joined a one-man upstart founded by Frank Riordan.  However, my roots in engineering go back a little farther, to a memorable day in February of 1991, which has now been 20 years ago....


Those who visit DMC may notice our ever-changing "Quote Board."  This is where we document the most infamous utterances of the moment.  For those who aren't able to keep updated on our quotes in-person we will be sho...


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