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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. But Trek 2000 hardly became a household name. This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000.

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Remembering Former IEEE President Ken Laker

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Laker worked with the IEEE Board of Directors in the early 1990s to purchase personal computers for the organization’s leaders to make it easier to conduct IEEE business via the Internet. In 2000 he helped found DFT, which manufactured test equipment for high-speed semiconductor interfaces. He served as its CEO for two years.

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Junkyard Find: 1986 Dodge Aries SE Four-Door Sedan

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My personal K-Car experience hasn't been as positive. I recall angrily futzing with video codecs in order to watch the file I'd laboriously downloaded of this spoof Aries commercial, circa 2000. The air conditioning was $757 ($2,121 today), but at least the AM/FM stereo radio was standard equipment in the Aries LE and SE.

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Remembering the Legacy of Trailblazing Technologist Gordon Moore

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Intel microprocessors now power personal computers made by major manufacturers including Dell , HP , and IBM. His original hypothesis, published in a 1965 Electronics magazine article , was that the number of transistors would double each year. His projection came true over the decade that followed. billion to charitable causes.

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Celebrating the Life of Columbia Professor Stephen Unger

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He wrote several papers on ethics and technology, as well as computer science, and he penned articles for IEEE Technology and Society Magazine and The Institute. Unger’s personal blog, “ Ends and Means ,” addressed ethical questions surrounding education, electronic voting, robotics, and other topics.

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What You Need To Know About Pickup EVs

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This article may contain affiliate links. necessary Electric trucks can do the same work as an ICE–some times more Whether or not you decide to buy an EV comes down to your personal (or if it’s a commercial vehicle) or business needs. What You Need To Know About Pickup EVs Electric Trucks Are Gaining Weight; Is That Dangerous?

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What Texas Instruments’ Little Professor Can Teach Us

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He wrote a disparaging article about the museum’s acquisition of a “peerless collection of obsolete gadgets.” What the article really shows is that Johnson had no idea how museums work. Personally, I would like to see the Little Professor in an exhibit about designing for children. Yes, that Boris Johnson.)

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