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From Fixing Farm Equipment to Becoming a Director at 3M

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Gerard “Gus” Gaynor says he knew he would become an engineer when he was 7 years old, inspired by his father’s monthly Popular Mechanics magazines. We couldn’t afford to pay [US] $350 to buy a machine at that time, so we had to build our own,” he says. about 32 kilometers away. members’ careers. Gaynor remains active.

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

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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. Yeah, they can afford it.

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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Similarly, GE sold off GE Capital for $26 billion after the 2008 finance and banking collapse, which is a far cry from a decade earlier, when it was worth ten times that. In a way, the firms we can't afford to lose make up almost a litmus test of the most important companies. James Cortada Timing is everything.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. They reality always seems to be just a few years away, the magazine complained. Whats more, businesses can also afford to spend a little more on their vehicles until the cost of the technology falls.

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Designing the First Apple Macintosh: The Engineers’ Story

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This complex operation requires more memory and hardware than the Macintosh designers could afford. to handle the finances of the Macintosh project. Other television advertisements, as well as magazine and billboard ads, depicted the Macintosh as being easy to learn to use. in Cupertino, Calif.,

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

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The introduction of affordable noise management systems offers multiple benefits to manufacturers and consumers alike, achieving eco-friendly optimization of vehicle weight reductions and improved CO2 emissions. Motor Trend Magazine has extensive coverage of all cars online including road tests, free videos, buying guides, etc.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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There was a rivalry in Datamation [magazine] advertisements between Xerox’s SDS and DEC,” recalled Alan Kay, who came to PARC as a researcher from Stanford University ‘s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in late 1970. Xerox could not afford to have people think they were flakes.”

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