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Former IEEE Chief Financial Officer Richard Schwartz Dies at 77

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There he was responsible for designing and developing computer-controlled automated test equipment. Joel Moses MIT professor emeritus Life Fellow, 80; died 29 May Moses taught electrical engineering and computer science at MIT for 50 years. in computer science in 1967 from MIT. as chief engineer in its filter division.

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

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In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. 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.

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Video Friday: Grav Enhanced

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MIT ] RoboCup teams probably use their humanoids more aggressively than anyone else, so they have to come up with new techniques to keep them walking even as they gradually get more and more worn out. Our robot Digit works alongside us in spaces designed for people. It was July 2001. Jorgen Pedersen founded RE2 Robotics.

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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I was interested in the design and operation of airplanes and spacecraft.ā€ In 2001 she realized her goal of working on a satellite mission. Although it was designed for a life of 18 months, the mission operated successfully for 16 years. An early environmental activist As a teen in the 1960s, Crawford was drawn to the U.S.

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Airbus signs research agreement with MIT to explore use of digital manufacturing in aerospace vehicles

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Airbus has signed a research agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the use of digital manufacturing in aerospace. Each of these processes multiplies the time, cost, and inflexibility of design, production, and certification. —Cheung and Gershenfeld (2013). Press the ā€œiā€ key for index.)

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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. student in electrical engineering and computer science at MIT. ?IEEE: Thelma Estrin, who also worked on the WEIZAC, championed the use of computers for medical research and treatment.

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The Real Story of Pixar

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Catmull and Blanchard had been involved with software designed to build 3D geometric objects at the University of Utah. This division was charged with computerizing editing, sound design and mixing, special effects, and accounting for the company's books, as if this fourth challenge would be as difficult as the other three. Ross Perot.

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