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Tech: John Deere: High Tech Down on the Farm

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Tech: John Deere: High Tech Down on the Farm Higher Farm Yields through Innovation, Advanced Technology and Sustainability The sight of a farmer sitting in a tractor for hours and hours working a field is being replaced by a semi-automated agricultural machine with no human behind the wheel. Story by John Faulkner.

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Apple ramps up its ‘secret’ self-driving car testing: Report – ET Auto

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Apple has a permit to test autonomous vehicle tech on California’s public roads only if the company has a safety driver behind the wheel. Data submitted by Apple with the California Department of Motor Vehicles ( DMV ) showed that Apple tested its autonomous car more than ever last year, reports Wired.

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IEEE Spectrum’s Top Telecom Stories of 2023

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Specifically, upload and download speeds for 5G networks around the world were generally worse, compared to performance metrics from a year earlier. That would require reversing the trend by tech companies to turn their platforms, services, and apps into walled gardens. Quite simply, things should simply work together.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Circuit is similar to the Tesla Roadster, a $109,000 sports car produced by a small California company. "To be able to meet a 2010 timeline, you have to be pretty far along in development, and right now we are," said Lou Rhodes, head of Chryslers electric car program, in a recent CNNMoney.com interview. A Time Warner Company.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Well need to spend some more time with the car to find out how it holds up over longer drives, but the powertrain tech obviously works. In California, 20% of our electricity comes from zero CO2 renewables (sun, wind, geothermal), another 20% from zero CO2 hydro, and only 20.1% to decide if we ever get to see these promises fulfilled.

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Nokia cellphone batteries for example have been halved in size, which shows just how much better the tech is getting, without even getting into supercapacitors and alternate chemistry. ↓ ↑ report 7 jharlan 2:20PM (4/25/2009) You know, I still just have no use for a toy car at a real car price.

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