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Stretch 3 Brings Us Closer to Realistic Home Robots

Cars That Think

There are lots and lots of other new features which we couldn’t squeeze into this article, including FCC certification, a more durable arm, and offboard GPU support. This is an example of turning innovation from the community of Stretch users into product features, a product development approach that seems to be working well for Hello Robot.

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

Cars That Think

This article was first published as “Inside the PARC: the ‘information architects’.” Pake was executive vice chancellor, provost, and professor of physics at Washington University in St. The first personal computer developed in the United States is commonly thought to be the MITS Altair, which sold as a hobbyist’s kit in 1976.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

We could take an Oslo taxi and charge it in a bus terminal in Wenatchee, Washington or vice versa. Underneath, EV electrical architectures share a lot in common, and our integrations are actually very straightforward, whether it’s an aftermarket accessory as a kit or, as we’re doing with Volvo Cars, an OEM-installed solution.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Even this article keeps showing the old futuristic version model which GM said can’t be done. April 17, 2009 11:38 am Link Goodbye GM. Why pay $40K for a GM volt… which will look nothing more than a Malibu anyway and only get 40 miles before the gasoline engine kicks in. — Goodbye 2. — Tony 11.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Sven Thesen, the communication and technology director for Better Place , a start-up that is gaining traction (see this recent New York Times article ) in its effort to create a network for electric cars in various countries, likened the concept of electric cars to cellphones. Fifteen years ago, how many people had a cellphone?”

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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