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Getting More Students to Develop Tech That Benefits Society

Cars That Think

Estrin, a computer science professor at Cornell Tech , in New York City, founded the school’s Public Interest Tech Initiative to give students that opportunity. Her sister Judy is a successful tech entrepreneur, and her other sister, Margo, is a medical doctor. In 2006 Estrin expanded her research to digital health monitoring.

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An After-School Program Teaches Teens Java and Python

Cars That Think

After Vic Wintriss sold his sports-imaging company, Wintriss Engineering , to his cofounders in 2006, the electrical engineer was looking for a project to keep himself busy. After teaching the subject to teenagers at his church, in 2006 the IEEE life member established The League of Amazing Programmers. I didn’t even know Java.”

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

Green Car Congress

Last week, Volkswagen provided a close-up look at one of the projects in which it is investing: the Garcia River Conservation-Based Forest Management Project, located in Mendocino County, California. TCF acquired the 23,780-acre tract in 2004 for $18 million ($10 million California Coastal Conservancy, $3.5 Project Summary Worksheet.

Carbon 150
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Next 10 report finds California must increase GHG reductions to 4.9%/year through 2030 to meet target

Green Car Congress

Data from the report illustrate that California now must reduce emissions by an average of 4.9% The largest one-year emissions drop California has ever achieved was at the height of the Great Recession in 2009, when climate pollution fell 6.1%. in a year while not experiencing an economic downturn since California passed AB 32 in 2006.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Electric Auto Association Silicon Valley (EAASV), established in 1967 as the original Electric Auto (now Vehicle) Association, has a long history of attracting members and presenting speakers who have gone on to become tech and transportation luminaries. Straubel ’s August 2006 preview of the company’s Roadster at a chapter meeting. “We

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At the EV Crossroads

Clean Fleet Report

A Personal Milestone; Two Cars That Demonstrate the Choices. This month I’ve tested two very similar cars back-to-back, I think bringing into sharp relief where we (California and the U.S.) Our second attempt was successful, but only after several minutes with 24/7 tech support and switching chargers. But a little context.

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Speech Processing Pioneer Sadaoki Furui Dies at 77

Cars That Think

Among the awards he received was a 2016 Bunka Korosha (Person of Cultural Merit) Award , one of the highest honors bestowed by the Japanese government. from the University of California, Los Angeles , in 1961 and 1964—all in mathematics. He served on the board twice, from 1994 to 2000 and again from 2006 to 2010. Mills Award.