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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

Cars That Think

While Region 1 director, he led a team that quickly adapted to the virtual environment and delivered significant member benefits through training sessions, talks, and conferences. Currently, he reviews technical documents for conferences, prizes, and international publications.

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

Plug In India

In this article, we will document some important facts that debunk this narrative with facts and sources. Mining any mineral from earth has an impact on the environment. According to PV Magazine’s early 2020 report, Various strategy papers for a green mining sector have been prepared. No EV owner denies this.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

I just read the article in the June/July issue of Homepower magazine written by two firemen who have solar panels on their roofs. FROM HOMEPOWER MAGAZINE written by Fire engineer Matthew Paiss: Access, pathways, and smoke-ventilation space: Providing a 3-foot setback from the edges of the roofline. The environment?

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A Small Startup Fights Rare Diseases With Big Data

Cars That Think

It's buried deep in documents like PubMed articles and patent filings. Deep Learning can help researchers pull that data out of those documents. And of course, I'm referring to things like scientific papers, PDF documents. At least, that's the strategy of a startup called Vyasa.

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Why Bloat Is Still Software’s Biggest Vulnerability

Cars That Think

In 1995 he wrote an influential article called “ A Plea for Lean Software ,” published in Computer , the magazine for members of the IEEE Computer Society, which I read early in my career as an entrepreneur and software developer. This post is dedicated to the memory of Niklaus Wirth , a computing pioneer who passed away 1 January 2024.

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SwRI to showcase Ranger precision localization technology for automated driving; non-GPS system with 2cm precision

Green Car Congress

Ranger, however, can operate in areas or environments where GPS has poor performance or fails completely, such as in tunnels or underground. for technical work documenting Ranger innovations. In 2015, R&D Magazine named Ranger as one of the 100 most significant innovations of the year. —Kristopher Kozak.

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

Cars That Think

Cheap pays off Although the Adobe group made some key technical breakthroughs, three other components were necessary to make PostScript a runaway success not just in low-volume professional publishing but in the high-volume office environment. And the ubiquitous Portable Document Format (PDF) is based on PostScript. 2, 1988, pp.

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