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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks. MB of data.

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Cupcake A.T.M.s and Fire Pits: What You Love at the Airport

Baua Electric

At Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, there’s a branch of Renaissance Books , a beloved local used-book store ( located in the main terminal before security). At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, professional musicians perform at two baby grand pianos in the McNamara Terminal gate area ( located after security near Gates A40 and A72).