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100 Years Ago RCA Sent the First Voice Message Over the Air

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After the war was over, the Navy relinquished all Marconi facilities, according to the 1944 book The First 25 Years of RCA: A Quarter Century of Radio Progress. It also turned over rights to its own radio patents to RCA, according to the book. To make sure Marconi would be under U.S. control, it was purchased by General Electric.

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Your Questions Answered: How Much Does It Cost to Charge an EV?

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But how much does it cost to charge an electric car? Automotive journalist John Voelcker told Kelley Blue Book , “A conservative rule of thumb is that an electric car gets 3 to 4 miles per kWh… So divide the total miles you drive each month by 3 to get the kWh you would use monthly. Here’s what the math says.

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

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Kahn Current job: Chairman, CEO, and president of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) Date of birth: 23 December 1938 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Family: Patrice Ann Lyons, his wife Education: BEE 1960, City College of New York ; M.A. 1962 and Ph.D.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. CTO Efficient Drivetrains Inc.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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Biggest surprise in career Media hysteria over the microprocessor Patents 17 Books recently read Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Theory by John R. Its inspectors used the systems to help them check out a car as it finally left the assembly line. .; MS, 1959, Ph.D., Rochester, N.Y. Lamarsh; A Compiler Generator by William M.

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

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It was based in part on the Alohanet, a packet radio network developed at the University of Hawaii in the late 1960s. Not just one sheet, but whole books,” said Conway. It looked like a book, and Addison-Wesley agreed to publish it as a book. And that is exactly what she and her cohorts did. “We

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

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Kulongoski, Oregon as the electric-car manufacturer may be eyeing the “green” city of Portland. Think may use the former Freightliners plant site to employ over 1,000 workers that would ultimately expand to make 60,000 compact cars a year. market b y the end of 2009. The Norwegian company just last week met with Gov.