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

Cars That Think

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. This vision wasn’t entirely new or limited to Xerox PARC. The two were disciples of J.C.R.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Better Place is building stations in San Francisco, Hawaii, Israel, and Denmark to swap out 1,000 pound batteries in a car wash type set up. My personal criteria for an EV is 80/80 MPH/miles range, but thats because drivers either go 80 or stopped around here. market b y the end of 2009.