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MARCH 11, 2023

In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid.

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MARCH 26, 2023

Starting around 2001, the compound semiconductor gallium nitride fomented a revolution in lighting that has been, by some measures, the fastest technology shift in human history. Consider: Electricity consumption in the state of California remained essentially flat from 1980 even as the economic output of the state skyrocketed.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

The story of Pixar doesn't start with its founding—a tech company's story rarely does. Then we figured out how to move those objects, shade them, and light them before rendering them as frames of a movie. Because California is a community-property state, George effectively lost half his fortune overnight. Ed and I were frantic.

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MARCH 21, 2024

Before joining NYIT, Smith, an IEEE life member, helped develop SuperPaint at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in California. It randomly picks points —which eliminates jaggies and the interference of light. Generate shadows only in the direction of the light source. Control how deep light penetrates the surface of an object.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Twenty-six editions of his book Digital Speech Processing, Synthesis, and Recognition were published between 1985 and 2001. From 2001 to 2005, he served as president of the International Speech Communication Association. from the University of California, Los Angeles , in 1961 and 1964—all in mathematics. Mills Award.

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