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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. 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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Being a Pro Eco Recycler

DIY Electric Car

Here are a few strict guide lines that I follow to ensure a happy and productive partnership of parts. 2000 free lumber. 2000 feet of mixed color copper wire. If they scrap parts for scrap metal weight or trade them in for a core charge, offer to pay them in cash for that. total $14,600). -1 1 1750 watt inverter. -20

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Kopernikus Project P2X integrated container-scale test facility produces first fuels from air-captured CO2 and green power

Green Car Congress

Partners of the P2X Kopernikus project on the premises of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany have demonstrated the production of fuel from air-captured CO2 using—for the first time—a container-based test facility integrating all four chemical process steps needed to implement a continuous process.

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2023 GWM Ora Extended Range review: How does the new budget-priced five-door hatch stack up against Australia’s cheapest electric cars?

EV Central

Step up to the Ora Extended Range and it’s a hefty $6000 leap (that model only received a $2000 reduction as part of the recent price reductions) to make it $45,990 plus on-roads. There’s a bit of tyre noise from the Giti rubber, but for the most part the cabin is hushed enough. Like all EV rivals, it also lacks a spare wheel.

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ONR developing offensive autonomous swarming capability for unmanned surface vehicles; adapting JPL’s CARACaS

Green Car Congress

The technology under development—based on the Control Architecture for Robotic Agent Command and Sensing ( CARACaS ) developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)—can be put into a transportable kit and installed on almost any boat.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

Cars That Think

is already up to his elbows in electronic parts, digging through stacks of dusty circuit boards. Ted Hoff is part of electronics industry legend. But the technical part of Hoff’s mind has no off-switch, and he quickly concluded that the engineers were going in the wrong direction. Ted) Hoff Jr. in Rochester, NY. San Jose, Calif.,

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Road Test: 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe Calligraphy 2.5T AWD

Clean Fleet Report

The “wet” part of the Santa Fe’s DCT means it uses oil to improve lubrication and cooling. Note: For our purposes here, a continuously variable transmission (CVT) does not have gears, so is not part of this comparison. The first Santa Fe debuted in 2000 as a small SUV. Roadside Assistance – Five years/Unlimited mile.

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