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Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf

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The two had been exchanging ideas in person and via email and reviewing the work of others who were trying to solve similar issues. arranged a visit to a Semi-Automatic Ground Environment computer center. And there was something utterly beguiling about this idea.” An idea called “internetting” Cerf finished his Ph.D.

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Lotfi Zadeh and the Birth of Fuzzy Logic

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Favorite books “I made a conscious decision to stop reading fiction at age 15, when I was a voracious reader. I now read scientific books and other nonfiction only.” He had heard from a colleague that Zadeh had been toying with the idea of leaving Columbia. At the time, though, he had no clear idea how this would work.

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Study finds higher gasoline taxes do not disproportionately impact the poor, especially in developing countries

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Powerful lobbyists have tried to undermine the whole idea of petrol taxes, claiming that the effects are too hard on the poor. Sterner is also the editor of the new book Fuel Taxes and the Poor, The Distributional Effects of Gasoline Taxation and Their Implications for Climate Policy , authored by 35 researchers.

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Toyota and partners share first information from innovative car-sharing project in Grenoble

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Based on the idea that multimodality was one of the keys to solving city traffic gridlock and pollution, the project makes available 70 ultra-compact electric vehicles, the Toyota i-ROAD and COMS, on a sharing platform called Ha:mo (harmonious mobility).

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Ford targeting smart parking as element of Smart Mobility; vehicle sensors, connectivity and big data

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Ford’s idea is to leverage the cloud, in-vehicle sensors, connectivity and advanced data analysis including probability algorithms to provide a much more comprehensive picture of available parking without incurring a cost in infrastructure build-out. We can achieve the end game of a deeper or richer data environment. Shoup, Donald.

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What Is an Electronic Sackbut?

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This, of course, makes it difficult to describe the prototype’s electronics, especially considering that he kept changing them as his ideas evolved. Throughout his life, Le Caine pursued the idea of a “beautiful sound” —something meaningful, rich, complex, and imaginative.

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

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Meanwhile, over at BBN, Kahn intended to spend a couple of years in industry so he could return to academia with some real-world experience and ideas for future research. “I Bob Kahn Soon after he arrived at DARPA, Congress pulled the plug on funding for the proposed automated-manufacturing effort. 1962 and Ph.D.

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