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Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf

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The two had been exchanging ideas in person and via email and reviewing the work of others who were trying to solve similar issues. The networks couldn’t be changed and couldn’t know that they were part of the Internet, because they already existed,” Cerf recalls recently in an interview at his office at Google, in Reston, Va.

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

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Sandford decision , ruled that an enslaved person was not made free by entering a state whose laws forbid slavery. Upon further investigation, Maxim realized he had stumbled upon the person who could help him advance his own interests in the nascent field of electric lighting. Alamy In a piece of personal correspondence with Booker T.

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Volkswagen outlines a range of near-term technologies for reducing fuel consumption and emissions; stop-start 2.0, 10-speed DSG

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Volkswagen launched the first production dual clutch transmission in 2003 as the Volkswagen 6-speed DSG, which was initially used in the Golf R32 and the Audi TT. It is also easy to find addresses by Google search and integrate them into navigation. Progress has also been made in the area of personalization. 10-speed DSG.

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From Home Brew to Hasbro

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Flexo, built in 2003. for “Automated Music Personality,” or AMPbot for short. We were able to get a one-off project to build some little balancing Android Robots for Google, and tour them around to events like Google IO, Google Sandbox, and Google Zeitgeist in London. The product was to be named A.M.P.,

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Our goal is to enable owners to enlist a local electrician/engineer to convert their cars, initially with lead-acid batteries, for under $6,000 and less than two person-weeks of time. (We So far, most start as hybrids.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

And personally I like better simple solutions. In May 2000, Austin Energy planned to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions by 40% at its Decker and Holly power plants, from 1700 tons per year to less than 1000tpy by 2003. Neutral jakem @ Apr 19th 2009 5:21PM Thats only a better solution for people who have a garage at home.