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Stan Ovshinsky’s New Project

Revenge of the Electric Car

More details in the Detroit Free Press article: Panels may brighten job market. After leaving GM, Stempel eventually connected with Ovshinsky at Energy Conversion Devices. They have a small staff and are testing the product in Oakland County. by Carol Cain. The duo worked there until Ovshinsky decided to retire two years ago.

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

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WEBSTER • FREE PRESS AUTOMOTIVE EDITOR• April 21, 2009 Print this page E-mail this article Share this article Del.icio.us For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. See instructions for fixing the problem.

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The Story Behind Pixar’s RenderMan CGI Software

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—Edwin Catmull During the next five years the team created so many pioneering rendering technologies that when Catmull tried to list all its achievements years later, he opted to stop at four pages, according to an article on the history of Pixar. The algorithm creates 3D models and textures from sets of rules.

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