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Remembering Roberto Saracco, President of EIT Digital

Cars That Think

He authored or coauthored more than 100 papers and 14 books, including The Disappearance of Telecommunications , published in 2000 by IEEE Press. Every conversation with him was a journey, where words were not just sounds, but bridges to a deeper understanding. In our conversations, Roberto truly shined.

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New Ford Escape launching with two new EcoBoost engines with standard Auto Start-Stop

Green Car Congress

The new Escape is also the first Ford vehicle in the world with available SYNC Connect, allowing users to unlock doors, check fuel level and even locate where a vehicle is parked. SYNC Connect, available with SYNC 3 for the new Escape, comes with complimentary activation for five years.

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The Power Engineer Electrifying John Deere’s Tractors, Trucks, and More

Cars That Think

Singh grew up on a 10-hectare farm his family has owned for more than six centuries in Shahpur Charki, a 560-person village in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. I personally know how important [farming] is,” he says. Brij Singh Employer: John Deere, Fargo, N.D. as a staff engineer.

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What Texas Instruments’ Little Professor Can Teach Us

Cars That Think

They reach out from their exhibit case to spark conversations with visitors: “I remember Grandma having a slide rule like that.” The Smithsonian’s Little Professor makes an appearance in Tools of American Mathematics Teaching, 1800–2000 , the 2008 book by Peggy Aldrich Kidwell, Amy Ackerberg-Hastings, and David Lindsay.

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Getting More Students to Develop Tech That Benefits Society

Cars That Think

The professor is the recipient of this year’s IEEE John von Neumann Medal for “leadership in mobile and wireless sensing systems technologies and applications, including personal health management.” At UCLA, she designed one of the first systems for analog-to-digital conversion of electrical activity from the nervous system.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Founding EVA chapter connects with entrepreneurial stars. We filled the place, which had a 225-person capacity,” said Jerry Pohorsky, another former EVA board member who has served as EAASV chapter president for 11 of the past 13 years. “It That was quite a conversion.” It was mostly members with electric conversions.

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Human Horizons aims to be more than just an EV startup in China

China EV

Take my recent conversation with James Shyr, chief design officer and a founding partner of Human Horizons, a Shanghai-based company. We met in the early 2000’s when he was design director at the Pan-Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC), the SAIC-GM joint venture design and engineering center in Shanghai. Connections matter.

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