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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

Cars That Think

Jeroen Perk, who lives in the Netherlands, lost his sight almost completely by the age of 19. They couldn’t tell the difference between a bright day at the beach and being in a coal mine in Pittsburgh. Still, for many, it was worth it. In 2013, at the age of 36, Perk became one of the youngest people to receive an Argus II.

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EC awards €1.2B from NER300 “Robin Hood” mechanism for 23 renewable energy projects; 5 advanced biofuel projects targeted for €516.8M

Green Car Congress

The largest biofuels award (and the single largest award of the first call) was for a maximum of €199 million (US$265 million) to the Woodspirit project in The Netherlands. million (US$118 million) to produce renewable diesel and bio-naphta in the Baltic Sea area for sale to a market primarily of diesel and gasoline retailers.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Thats because electric engines are more efficient than internal-combustion engines, and because generating energy on a large scale (in coal or nuclear plants) is less wasteful than doing it on a small scale (by burning gasoline in an internal-combustion engine). The company hasnt yet decided whether it will enter the U.S. 24.17% CBS Corp 6.76

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