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Ola AirPro world’s first autonomous electric flying car unveiled-Book your test flight 

Electric Vehicles India

Ola AirPro world’s first autonomous electric flying car unveiled-Book your test flight . Road legal. The Ola Materials Engineer, Pooja Kaamkar says that “this is no ordinary car! Ola Electric has unveiled the world’s first fully autonomous electric flying car, Ola AirPro. Pilotless flying. Air-capable.

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Eugene H. Spafford: Malware Nemesis

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I did a lot of reading and studying on where computers might be used and where they could go wrong, as well as reading science-fiction books that explored those possibilities,” he says. His postdoc work was in software engineering: investigating how to write software that does what the developer wants it to do.

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Granville T. Woods: Smartest Guy in the Room

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Woods was endowed with intellectual gifts that allowed him, despite no formal engineering study, to become one of the most prolific U.S. inventors in electrical and mechanical engineering during the late 19th century. Anecdotes that he studied engineering in New York City in his early 20s are no doubt apocryphal.

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The Cheesy Charm of the Clapper

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Still, Pedott liked the idea of the gadget, and after the original investors went bankrupt, he bought the patent and hired engineers to fix the glitches. In the 1990s, he became known for his long-running legal battle against Universal Manufacturing Corp. And so the Clapper was born. Eventually, they filed for a U.S.

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Top Programming Languages Methodology

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We look at three different aspects of popularity: languages in active use among typical IEEE members and working software engineers (the “Spectrum” ranking), languages that are in demand by employers (the “Jobs” ranking), and languages that are in the zeitgeist (the “Trending” ranking). Our statistical methodology advisor is Hilary Wething.

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Volkswagen AG provides details on investigations into NOx cheating; origin and fixes; new strategic direction

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Initially, it proved impossible to have the EA 189 engine meet by legal means the stricter nitrogen oxide requirements in the United States within the required timeframe and budget. Volkswagen is thus ensuring that the models affected in Europe will meet all legal requirements in the future. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Earth Day 2024: each day is about reducing emissions | Autocar Professional

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Industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of legal consequences or bad press. The book represented a watershed moment, selling more than 500,000 copies in 24 countries, and beginning to raise public awareness and concern for living organisms, the environment and links between pollution and public health.