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Jaguar Land Rover, Intel and Seeing Machines showcase driver attention-monitoring system At CES

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At the 2015 CES in Las Vegas this week, Seeing Machines is demonstrating its Driver Monitor System (DMS) in a Jaguar F-Type prototype developed jointly with Intel at Jaguar Land Rover’s new R&D facility in Portland, Oregon. In September 2014, Seeing Machines signed a 15-year strategic alliance with TK Holdings Inc.,

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Daimler Trucks to invest €500M in highly automated trucks; stepping away from platooning, shooting for L4 automation

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At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Daimler Trucks announced that it will invest €500 million (around US$570 million) over the next years and create more than 200 new jobs in its global push to bring highly automated trucks (SAE level 4) to the road within a decade.

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US government to lend Lithium Americas USD 2.26 bn for Nevada’s Thacker Pass mine – ET Auto

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billion to build Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium project, one of Washington’s largest investments to date in the mining industry as part of a push to boost domestic production of critical minerals for the energy transition. Department of Energy plans to lend Lithium Americas up to USD 2.26 to close Thursday at USD 5.99.

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How USB Came to Be

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The IEEE Oregon Section sponsored the nomination. The industry as a whole recognized that it had a big problem that needed to be solved,” Jim Pappas said in an Intel article on the USB interface. released in 1996, did not become popular until 1998, after it was showcased at the COMDEX trade show in Las Vegas.

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US advances review of Nevada lithium mine amid concerns over endangered wildflower – ET Auto

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Nevada is home to the only existing lithium mine in the US and another is currently under construction near the Oregon line 220 miles (354 kilometers) north of Reno. Nevada is home to the only existing lithium mine in the US and another is currently under construction near the Oregon line 220 miles (354 kilometers) north of Reno.

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