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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

note: We’re republishing this article because it’s a good reminder of how technology timelines can slip and yet things are clearly moving forward. This article was written more than 10 years ago, when the forecasts were we would have personal and public robotaxis galore. This article may contain affililate links.

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One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

Cars That Think

An article describing how the platform works was published in the September issue of IEEE Communications Magazine. “If His Vodafone team worked on technologies that would limit the use of personal data for advertising and “eyeball-grabbing, because they are very disruptive and can incentivize the spread of disinformation.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

Cars That Think

This article was first published as "‘PostScript’ prints anything: a case history." It would have been quite different had Warnock and company not been in the right place at the right time to meet the right person. San Jose, Calif., Also on the horizon was a bit-map-based personal computer— the Apple Macintosh.

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Lotfi Zadeh and the Birth of Fuzzy Logic

Cars That Think

This article was first published as “Lotfi A. As a child, Zadeh was surrounded by governesses and tutors, while as a young adult, he had a personal servant. Favorite periodicals Four newspapers daily ( The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, The Wall St.

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The Unsung Inventor Who Chased the LED Rainbow

Cars That Think

San Jose, Calif. This article was first published as “M. Craford walks that path between conservatism and risk in his personal life as well, although some people might not believe it, given his penchant for adventurous sports: skydiving, whitewater canoeing, marathon running, and rock climbing. Appearances are deceiving.

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Is aviation the best application yet for hydrogen fuel cells?

Charged EVs

It was always a personal passion, and I was already working on green transportation, so that was a natural intersection. And that’s why, by the way, aviation is a much better use case for hydrogen than ground mobility, especially personal vehicles. Personal vehicles are the worst possible transportation use case for hydrogen.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

edit ] EAA The Electric Auto Association ( EAA ) was formed in 1967 in San Jose, California. EVs are a smart and efficient choice for personal transportation. Recharge a Car, Recharge the Grid, Recharge the Planet Google.org supports PHEV & V2G with [link] project. 2008.03.20 - New rechargeit.blogspot.com about PHEVs.

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