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Getting More Students to Develop Tech That Benefits Society

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At UCLA, she designed one of the first systems for analog-to-digital conversion of electrical activity from the nervous system. Known as the Genius Grant, the fellowship comes with a US $625,000 award, which Estrin used to help launch PiTech. That work resulted in Estrin being named a MacArthur Fellow in 2018.

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Study casting doubt on GHG benefits of corn stover ethanol draws sharp criticism by other researchers; Liska responds

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A study published earlier this year in the journal Nature Climate Change that cast doubt on whether biofuels produced from corn residue could meet federal mandates for cellulosic biofuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60% compared to gasoline ( earlier post ) has drawn critical response published as correspondence in the same journal.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

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1 $100,000 Grant Moving in the Right Direction? Batteries Included $142,000 Grant 2006 Archive GM Plug-in Series Hybrid? New 100K Club Member RAV4EV in Japan Newsletter Vol. 2 PIA Meets CARB Move CARB Forward AltCar Expo 2007 Arnold Amped Up? 100K Mile Club Newsletter Vol. htm Advocates of the Th! htm Advocates of the Th!

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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Later, with Mazor and Faggin he filed for and was granted a patent for a “memory system for a multi-chip digital computer.”) In 1990, after numerous appeals and extensions, Hyatt was granted that patent and began collecting royalties from many microprocessor manufacturers. Wortman People most respected Intel Corp.

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