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Hidden Cameras: What Travelers Need to Know

Baua Electric

Like other businesses, hotels and vacation rentals use surveillance cameras for two reasons, said Michael McCall, a Hilton Hotels Fellow in the School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University: To protect their customers and their property. But it’s the illegal use of hidden cameras that have shocked travelers.

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Europe Mandates Automatic Emergency Braking

Cars That Think

In the United States all models that are new in 2022 come with it, although compliance is voluntary, pending formal rulemaking. Formal requirements came long afterwards—in Europe in 2004 and in the United States in 2012. That’s about 4,000 lives saved each year.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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People could buy the machines at ComputerLand , a popular retail chain in the United States. But it took more than a year and scores of meetings for IBM's contract and legal teams to authorize the terms. In December 2004, IBM announced it was selling its PC business to Lenovo for $1.75

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Green Car Congress

The first such vehicles were introduced by Volkswagen in 2003, and by 2004, they accounted for more than 17% of the Brazilian auto market. Use of Hydrous Ethanol in the United States. Hydrous ethanol has been used in the United States as a transportation fuel for at least one hundred years. 40 CFR § 80.27

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

Green Car Congress

February, 2008 : Researchers from England, Germany, and the United States proposed replacing the term “tipping point”, which suggests a specific time frame, with “tipping elements” to describe known ecosystems in danger of collapse, yet for which a likely timeframe could not easily be estimated ( earlier post ).

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

Cars That Think

Broadcasting a false distress signal over maritime radio is a violation of international code and, in the United States, a federal Class D felony. As such, there are many reasons to be concerned about its use in the criminal legal system. In 2004, Singh fielded her first query about hoax callers from the Coast Guard.

Personal 101
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Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

Green Car Congress

Installation of CCS charging stations has already begun in Europe and the United States. The first technology demonstrator was the compact A2H2 in 2004, which was already equipped with a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEM). The actual bursting pressure is much higher still and far exceeds the legal requirements.

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