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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

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Advanced technology, prototype vehicles, and business plans are being developed by Google, car sharing services like Car2Go (Daimler), Uber, automakers, network providers, software and technology suppliers. My test parallel park of Ford Escape was a breeze when the SUV parked itself. DOT, NHTSA and the University of Michigan.

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Are Homemade CPUs Alibaba’s Bid For Independence?

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This means other companies can use it in their own processor designs—and escape architecture license fees. The Chinese Academy of Sciences has an EUV lithography research team and Tsinghua University has developed a new type of particle accelerator light source , which could be used for EUV lithography. In the wake of the U.S.

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

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Both parents were fugitives, having finally escaped enslavement in Virginia after several unsuccessful attempts. Latimer’s Troubled Beginnings Latimer, the fourth of four children of George and Rebecca Latimer, was born in Chelsea, Mass., on 4 September 1848.

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NASA’s New Shortcut to Fusion Power

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Consequently, governments, universities, and companies have long looked to fusion to remedy these ills. Setting aside differences in design particulars, each attempts the near-impossible: Heat a gas enough for it to become a plasma and magnetically squeeze it enough to ignite fusion—all without letting the plasma escape.

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50 Years Later, We’re Still Living in the Xerox Alto’s World

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I’m using a word processor with the core features and functions of Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or LibreOffice’s Writer, along with an email client that could be mistaken for a simplified version of Apple Mail, Microsoft Outlook, or Mozilla Thunderbird. But these engineers and programmers largely shared the same point of view.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Both Toyota and Ford are now producing a few prototype conversions of their own Priuses and Escapes for research purposes.)

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are This is a mirror of the map at Googles RechargeIt site (including icons for YouTube videos on both PHEVs and EVs). Unless otherwise noted, all are Prius. Jim Tech Ltd. Contact Roger Kuhlman, PE.

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