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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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If you ask the average person what the company 3M does, odds are if they have a few gray hairs hanging out on their scalp, they might say that the company makes floppy disks. This was around the same period that AT&T, still smarting from misadventures like the EO Personal Communicator , spun off Bell Labs as Lucent Technologies.

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DOE BETO seeking input on Optima initiative for co-optimization of fuels and engines

Green Car Congress

Instead, the internal combustion engine will continue to be integral to the transportation of people and goods for the foreseeable future. How these new engines perform and how they will be integrated into new vehicle architectures will be the story of personal mobility for this half of the 21 st century. … Optima program overview.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

I just read the article in the June/July issue of Homepower magazine written by two firemen who have solar panels on their roofs. FROM HOMEPOWER MAGAZINE written by Fire engineer Matthew Paiss: Access, pathways, and smoke-ventilation space: Providing a 3-foot setback from the edges of the roofline. Did you intern with Davidson?

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Speech Processing Pioneer Sadaoki Furui Dies at 77

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From 1979 to 1982 he was a senior researcher at NTT Basic Research Labs and was promoted in 1982 to senior staff engineer of the company’s personnel and international affairs. From 2001 to 2005, he served as president of the International Speech Communication Association. He also served on the Computer Society’s governing board.

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Electric Car Watch #1: Electric Car Disruption will destroy ICE Car Market | ? ?

Plug In India

Video: Electric Car Watch #1: Electric Car Disruption will destroy ICE Electric Car FUD The first thing I want to talk about is the constant FUD -- fear, uncertainty, and doubt -- regarding electric vehicles propagated by ICE car CEOs, the media, ICE-car-centric magazines and websites, and petrol heads. These are international brands now.

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Why Cyberwarfare Is Overhyped

Cars That Think

Giving you access to perks, including Spectrum magazine and many education and career resources. But like so many people my age, I grew up in the ‘70s and ‘80s where I got hooked on personal computers. He was a brilliant, brilliant person. Plus, you’ll get a cool IEEE-branded Rubik’s Cube when you enter the code CUBE online.

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