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Satellite Signal Jamming Reaches New Lows

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Department of Defense (DOD) concluded that Russia was still trying to jam Starlink, according to documents leaked by U.S. University research groups are also launching tiny, standardized cube satellites (CubeSats) into LEO for research and demonstration purposes. In March, the U.S. Satellites are becoming smaller.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. The thumb drive was all that—and more.

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When They Electrified Christmas

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Whether for religious or secular celebrations, the variety and functionality of lights have exploded in recent years, abetted by cheap and colorful LEDs and compact electronics. in archaeology from Columbia University in 1952 with a dissertation focusing on Marajó Island, Brazil. She earned her Ph.D.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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If it were legal to deliver rescued migrants to Libya, it would be as cheap as sending rescue boats a few extra kilometers south instead of east. Dan Fisher of the University of Glasgow, who has published on SIVE. Member States,” says geographer. Following Spain’s SIVE experience, in 2011. Social scientist. took a case against the E.U.

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

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from the University of Utah , joined the center in 1978, he immediately began work on a new printer protocol. from the University of Utah , joined the center in 1978, he immediately began work on a new printer protocol. As noted earlier, one was a cheap laser printer. Thereupon the typical PARC engineer would simplify the image.

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Will green cars put industry on road to profit?

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It could be argued then that America is still drunk on cheap gasoline. Can green cars really be a turning point for the country’s troubled automakers? If high gas prices aren’t an issue then most Americans opt for the horsepower of bigger cars and trucks.

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Concept: Compact Two-Cycle, Co-generating Piston-Driven Turbine to Deliver 60+% Efficiency

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Gert Reinhardt was trained as a Mathematician at Dortmund University. In 1983, he founded a document management software company called SER AG. SER’ document imaging product ITA had the largest volume of any document management system in the world. He worked for the Korf Steel company in Saudi Arabia as head of IT.

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