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From Fixing Farm Equipment to Becoming a Director at 3M

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Gerard “Gus” Gaynor says he knew he would become an engineer when he was 7 years old, inspired by his father’s monthly Popular Mechanics magazines. He also chaired task forces on performance improvement in research and engineering, future trends in technology, and project management processes. members’ careers. Gaynor remains active.

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Additive manufacturing company Carbon3D named Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum; work with Ford

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The automaker is investigating resin modifications for improved mechanical properties and considering the creation of thermally and electrically conductive materials for future vehicle applications. Carbon3D introduced the CLIP technology (CLIP) simultaneously at TED 2015 and to the scientific community on the cover of Science Magazine.

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News: Range Milestones Hit by Lucid and Rivian

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Lucid also ran a real-world test of pre-production cars with Motor Trend magazine driving from Los Angeles to San Francisco that demonstrated the 500+ mile range of the car. The non-Dream Editions are listed as “Future Models.”. Finally, the Pure model will cost $77,400 with 406 mile of range and 480 horsepower.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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As for the future impact of PARC research—the sky’s the limit. There was a rivalry in Datamation [magazine] advertisements between Xerox’s SDS and DEC,” recalled Alan Kay, who came to PARC as a researcher from Stanford University ‘s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in late 1970. The originator of that phrase is unclear.

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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Steven Cherry Hi, this is Steven Cherry for IEEE Spectrum's podcast, Fixing the Future. Joining me to talk about it—and IBM's other pivots, past and future—is a person uniquely qualified to do so. When we come back, I'll ask him to walk us through some of IBM's most difficult moments, and to speculate about its uncertain future.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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The South Korean government had established the institute in 1971 with financing from the United States Agency for International Development and had invited. In 2006 he was elected a Samsung Fellow, the company’s highest honor, for his contributions and in expectation of his future work. future needs. Frederick E.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

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While hydrogen provides driving performance similar to thatof gasoline vehicles, fuel cell models will remain costly tobuild for the foreseeable future and aren’t as durable asconventional cars. Hydrogen may have a future, but the view seems to be thatbatteries are what we can do reasonably soon,” Becker said.

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