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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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Visiting Synkromotive and Learning about Deka 9A31s

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While I'm still sticking with group-31 batteries, I'm going to have to re-open the battery decision since I don't want to invest $2000 every 12 months in the electric vehicle. I took notes on the conference in case people want to see a huge list of factoids. Hopefully this information will help others using group 31 batteries as well.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. AC Propulsion’s president, Tom Gage, explains the company’s vehicle-to-grid technology at a 2001 conference in Seattle.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries. Department of Energy has purchased an F3DM to take the battery apart. The company went on to design and manufacture mobile-phone handsets and parts for Motorola ( MOT , Fortune 500 ), Nokia ( NOK ), Sony Ericsson, and Samsung.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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Ill never purchase one again, no matter what the mpgs. should be illegal for companies to purchase patents for the purpose of blocking technology. AJ is correct, GM has a couple of platforms they make umpteem "different" vehicles on for different brands. Posted by: Escher | Apr 14, 2009 12:49:45 PM another side note. thats right.

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