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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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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. But Trek 2000 hardly became a household name. This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000.

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In 1926, TV Was Mechanical

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On 26 January 1926, select members of the Royal Institution gathered at Baird’s lab in London’s Soho neighborhood to witness the broadcast of a small but clearly defined image of a ventriloquist dummy’s face, sent from the televisor’s electromechanical transmitter to its receiver. But Baird earned his spot in history with the televisor.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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He's an actual engineer, with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford. It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. Engineers sometimes do, but your average retail car buyer. John, welcome to the podcast. John Voelcker Thanks for having me.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

He's an actual engineer, with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford. It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. Engineers sometimes do, but your average retail car buyer. John, welcome to the podcast. John Voelcker Thanks for having me.