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The Bionic-Hand Arms Race

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By the war’s end, with “not quite one arm between four persons, and exactly two legs between six,” these self-taught amputee-weaponsmiths decide to repurpose their skills toward a new projectile: a rocket ship. As recounted in the 2001 essay collection. They had spent the war innovating new, deadlier weaponry.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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9 ] In addition, the complex, deliberate, and lengthy publishing cycle of the IPCC’s Assessment Reports—which have so far been produced in 1990, 1995, 2001, and 2007—has not kept pace with the abrupt acceleration of many key indicators of climate change.

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Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Fight for Green Tech Domination

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Starting around 2001, the compound semiconductor gallium nitride fomented a revolution in lighting that has been, by some measures, the fastest technology shift in human history. Switching power supplies are the type used to power virtually all personal computers, mobile devices, and appliances that run on DC.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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San Antonio, Texas, which, architected by Computer Terminals, was named the 8008. Besides reducing the cost of the systems to the telephone company, such chips would enable companies to build small branch exchanges that handled switching electronically. Wortman People most respected Intel Corp.

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