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IEEE Honors Pioneering Engineers

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IEEE MILDRED DRESSELHAUS MEDAL Sponsor: Google ANANTHA CHANDRAKASAN MIT “For contributions to ultralow-power circuits and systems, and for leadership in academia and advancing diversity in the profession.” Kumar Texas A&M University College Station “For seminal contributions to the modeling, analysis, and design of wireless networks.”

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

One of the gurus of car sharing, Dr. Susan Shaheen of UC Berkeley, says we are in the age of shared mobility where new modes of alternative transportation services are making great changes. Investors in RelayRides included Google Ventures and GM Ventures. But take a look at the variety of program available. In the U.S.

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New York Turn On

Plug In Partners

The N Y Times ran a guest editorial on Sunday that effectively conveys the vast potential of the Plug In in both our transportation and stationary electric sectors. They lay the foundation for an oil-free transportation system ; yet each technology suffers a key limitation.

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L. Frank Baum’s Cautionary Tale About the Gifts of Electricity

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One of the first gifts Rob receives is a wristwatch transportation device, called the indicator, that allows its wearer to travel through the air in any direction quickly and easily. The illustration below as well as the book cover at top are from a first edition at the Bakken Museum , in Minneapolis.)

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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). Full size photo Mayor R.T.

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