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Pong Was Boring—And People Loved It

Cars That Think

To celebrate the half-century persistence of Pong , I set out to discover why so many people love the most boring video game of all time. Alcorn had majored in electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, but had never played a video game before. Above all, the. Was this really fun?

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Study: Reducing Future Transportation CO2 Emissions to Kyoto Protocol Levels Will Require Combination of Vehicle Technology and Smart Growth

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The research, led by Associate Professor Brian Stone, shows that expected levels of CO 2 emissions from cars and trucks in 2050 could be reduced back to close to 2000 levels if the full vehicle fleet was converted to hybrid electric vehicles—a greater reduction in CO 2 emissions than achieved by two smart growth scenario modelled in the study.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

This new company, Bright Automotive , is founded by ex-GM EV1 people, and the super efficient Rocky Mountain Institute to make plug-in hybrids in Indiana. It’ll be interesting to see how their vehicles compare to all the rest in terms of efficiency. At the end of this article, Prof. I’m still not convinced.

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