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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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Personal computers in the late 1980s began incorporating CD-ROM drives, but initially these could read only from prerecorded disks and could not store user-generated data. The dot-com boom of 1995 to 2000 further increased demand for personal computing gear. Clones,” Tan told the Straits Times in 2005, “in a sense, are marvelous.

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Mercedes-Benz S-Class INTELLIGENT DRIVE drives autonomously over 100km interurban and urban route with near-production technology

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The required algorithms were developed by the Mercedes-Benz research team in collaboration with the Institute for Measuring and Control Technology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The project also resulted in Speed Limit Assist, which went into series production in 2005. Autonomous turning. Click to enlarge.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

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PiPrius : Open Source documentation and kits. EVs are a smart and efficient choice for personal transportation. Our efforts began to be noticed in early 2005 when we were covered in The New York Times, Business Week, TIME, Newsweek, National Public Radio, and local and network TV.

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Always Break Yolks: The Joy of Microwave Cooking

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Division of Work and Industry/National Museum of American History/Smithsonian Institution I love the personal, homemaker feel of the built-in recipe card drawer in the bottom of this wall-mounted unit. This technology, developed by Sharp and brought to market in 2005 , fits under the counter of the kitchen island.

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MAEAA Web Links

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Micro :Electronics, Kits, Surplus, Online Catalog Cand H Sales Co.: Chevrolet S-10 :Brian has a new and very nice conversion. ElectroAutomotive EVsNorth West EVParts : formerlyWilde EVolutions EVProud : Chrome "Electric" logos EV Source: Zilla controllersand Manzinta Micro chargers KTA ServicesInc. Nice folks. Fair RadioSales Co.:

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

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I personally wouldn’t count on the “Big Three&# actually implementing any of these new technologies in the near future. Posts | Profile James Kanter Reporter Mr. Kanter has been a staff correspondent for The International Herald Tribune in Paris and Brussels since 2005, covering European business affairs and the business of green.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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A very low cost EV is taking a golf cart transaxle or whole GC rear/seat and weld, ect a MC front end, frame, title to it, change the batteries from 6vdc to 12vdc to double the voltage and use larger dia VW Rabbit tires and you can have a nice 1- 3 person MC trike that goes 45-55mph and 50+ mile range.

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