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BMW opens new Shanghai R&D center; focus on human-machine interaction and hardware-software integration

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In China, BA TechWorks in Nanjing will expand its software team to 500 associates by the end of 2023, with software development capabilities for full stack development of Intelligent Connected Vehicles. The BMW Group established its first battery center outside of Germany with full battery capabilities in China in 2017.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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He left there in 1966 to join the University of Cambridge as an assistant director of research. AT&T named him chief scientist, and in that position he worked on developing architecture and protocols for a large-scale Internet so that customers could connect to it from their homes. where he continued his networking work.

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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. In April 1999, the Israeli company M-Systems filed a patent application titled “Architecture for a Universal Serial Bus-based PC flash disk.”

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

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About Marc: Marc has been a long-time advocate of electric vehicles and drives a 2002 Toyota RAV4 EV, 2011 Th!nk About Joe: Joe has driven electric since 2017 with two BMWs: i3 REX and X5 40e. My teams brought hands-on EV activities to schools, universities, maker fairs, businesses, et al, as well as radio shows!

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

About Marc: Marc has been a long-time advocate of electric vehicles and drives a 2002 Toyota RAV4 EV, 2011 Th!nk About Joe: Joe has driven electric since 2017 with two BMWs: i3 REX and X5 40e. My teams brought hands-on EV activities to schools, universities, maker fairs, businesses, et al, as well as radio shows!

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A Smart Artificial Pancreas Could Conquer Diabetes

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He passed away from diabetes-related complications in 2002. William Clarke/University of Virginia. A thin electrode is inserted under the skin with a needle and then connected to the monitor, which is. In 2007, our group at the University of Virginia proposed using computer-simulation experiments instead.

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