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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

Personal computers in the late 1980s began incorporating CD-ROM drives, but initially these could read only from prerecorded disks and could not store user-generated data. Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995.

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Revolutionizing rider safety: The protective jacket every e-biker should consider

Baua Electric

If there’s an electric motorcycle, e-bike, scooter, or anything else remotely rideable out there, I’ve probably thrown a leg over it at least once. Over the years I’ve been fortunate enough to learn how each type of vehicle comes with its own unique personality and enjoyment, but also its own risk profile.

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What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot

Cars That Think

After a year of speculation based on little more than a person in a robot suit combined with some optimistic assertions made by Tesla CEO Elon Musk , many roboticists tuned in to the event livestream (or attended in person) to see what Tesla’s approach to humanoid robotics would turn out to be. Roboticist, Google Brain.

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The Top 10 Semiconductor Stories of 2023

Cars That Think

But you’re also a discerning and forward-looking person. In 2022, a schism in the chip design world and at Google erupted into the open. At issue was a reinforcement-learning AI system that Google uses to do a key step in laying out chunks of logic and memory for its AI accelerator chips, or TPUs. millimeters long.

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Power Electric Scooter Buyers Guide | Mid 2021

Plug In India

By Team PluginIndia We often get so many queries, from all of you about buying a high speed electric scooter. Many of want to get an electric scooter that has operations all over India, companies that invest in RnD, companies that offer performance scooters. They are making electric scooters for more than 13 years now.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

Within the US electric power sector the biggest question was whether the Production Tax Credits (PTC) were going to be extended beyond 2008. The sponsor is the person who is responsible for the overall execution and has the greatest risk/reward. Annual investment in the global renewables industry had grown from $16.5

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric. High-Speed Rail Unlocks Intermodal Potential Texas Excess Ford Expands Hybrid Success to Electric Vehicles ► March (17) Carbon Capture and Storage: To Be or Not To Be? Intelligent Charging Infrastructure for New Electr. Here we go again.or Carbon trading vs t.

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