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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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AT&T named him chief scientist, and in that position he worked on developing architecture and protocols for a large-scale Internet so that customers could connect to it from their homes. In 1969 he was tasked with helping to build transmission lines in Bangladesh that connected the country’s eastern and western electrical grids.

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Until recently, the residents of Melamchi, Nepal, cooked meals and heated water for bathing over a wood-burning stove. The project in Nepal was supported by funds Kiani raised through the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. The panels connect to a battery storage system, which consists of a 38.4-kWh

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Designed to give customers a smart, connected and personalized commuting experience. It also built a nationwide electric vehicle charging infrastructure called the Ather Grid. km/min via Ather Grid. The 450 Plus can only charge at 1 km/min on the same Ather Grid power network. It also has a 7.0-inch

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