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Canadian startup launches INDIEGOGO funding campaign for low-cost electric self-charging solar tricycle produced in Pakistan

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The simple engineering design is low maintenance due to having a minimalized drive train as the hub motor (1 kW brushless motor) is directly attached to the rear wheel. Producing an average speed of 30 km/h, the VEGAN has a top speed of 70 km/h—via increased acceleration through its own designed internal gear hub.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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He was a member of several committees at conferences including the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting , the International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials , and the International Technical Conference on Circuits/ Systems, Computers, and Communications. He was the 2014–2015 chair of the IEEE Seoul Section.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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On a visit to Pakistan with his parents, 7-year-old Aadeel Akhtar met a girl his age who was missing her right leg. The Ability Hand contains six motors housed in a carbon fiber casing. That was the first time he had met a person with a limb difference. Most prosthetic hands weigh about 20 percent more, Akhtar says. POSITIVE FEEDBACK.

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