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Junkyard Find: 2007 Mini Cooper S

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The "New Mini" first appeared in North American showrooms as a 2002 model, as part of the turn-of-the-century wave of retro-styled machinery that included the Volkswagen New Beetle , Chrysler PT Cruiser and Chevrolet HHR. Now, of course, Mini Coopers are seen competing in most 24 Hours of Lemons races.

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An Inconvenient Truth About AI

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This article is part of our special report on AI, ā€œ The Great AI Reckoning.ā€. In 2002, iRobot , a company that I cofounded, introduced the first mass-market autonomous home-cleaning robot, the Roomba, at a price that severely constricted how much AI we could endow it with. Those same researchers considered and rejected neural networks.

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Our Hands-On Citizen-Scientist

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With a contraption that would have earned him kudos from MacGyver, Schneider managed to track the transit of an exoplanet in the binary star system HD 189733, a type of observation that had escaped even professional astronomers until 2002. If I had a suitably sensitive seismometer, though, Iā€™d be able to measure them.ā€

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Study Measures Impact of Biodiesel on Non-Regulated Pollutants in Heavy-Duty Engine

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Experiments were conducted on a 2002 model year 5.9 Voorhees (2010) Article Diesel Particle Filter and Fuel Effects on Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine Emissions. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/es1008032. L Cummins ISB, heavy-duty diesel engine. Ratcliff, A. John Dane, Aaron Williams, John Ireland, Jon Luecke, Robert L.

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Remembering the Legacy of Trailblazing Technologist Gordon Moore

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His original hypothesis, published in a 1965 Electronics magazine article , was that the number of transistors would double each year. Intel helped cement the region as a global center for technological innovation, the article says. In 2002 Moore received a U.S. His projection came true over the decade that followed.

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The Richer They Get, the More Meat They Eat

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Spain is the best example: Since 1975, its average meat supply has more than doubled, peaking at 120 kg in 2002 before dropping back to todayā€™s 100 kg. This article appears in the August 2022 print issue as ā€œMeat-Eating Is as Human as Apple Pie.ā€.

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Worldwatch Institute report finds global energy intensity increased in 2010 for second year in a row

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Global energy intensity—defined as total energy consumption divided by gross world product—increased 1.35% in 2010, the second year of increases in the context of a broader trend of decline over the last 30 years, according to a new Vital Signs Online article from the Worldwatch Institute.

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