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Restoring Hearing With Beams of Light

Cars That Think

In fact, these marvels of engineering give people a new kind of “electric hearing” that they must learn how to use. We recognize that today’s cochlear implants run up against hard limits of engineering and human physiology. Our early proof-of-concept experiments in mice explored both the biology and technology at play in our mission.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Sven Thesen, the communication and technology director for Better Place , a start-up that is gaining traction (see this recent New York Times article ) in its effort to create a network for electric cars in various countries, likened the concept of electric cars to cellphones. Are electric cars really green than combustion engine cars?

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Stimulus Bill Provides Major Increase in Plug-in Vehicle Purchase Credit Program

Green Car Congress

The $787-billion stimulus bill (HR 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) that emerged from the joint House-Senate conference committee this week provides funds for a large range of transportation-related projects. The credit generally is available for vehicles purchased after 2005. The Senate bill carried no similar provision.

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