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We’re Charging Our Cars Wrong

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Chargers operate in rugged environments, usually outdoors, with greatly varying levels of humidity and where contaminated water may be present. So a person touching the car while standing on the ground could receive a potentially lethal electric shock (see illustration, The isolation link separates utility power from the EV battery).

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The Starting Line for Self-Driving Cars

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DARPA sponsored more contests, such as the 2007 Urban Challenge , in which vehicles navigated a simulated city and suburban environment; the 2012 Robotics Challenge for disaster-response robots; and the 2022 Subterranean Challenge foryou guessed itrobots that could get around underground.

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"The Doctor Will See Your Electronic Health Record Now"

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Cheryl Conrad no longer seethes with the frustration that threatened to overwhelm her in 2006. Electronic health records, he declared, would transform health care by ensuring that a persons complete medical information was available at the time and place of care, no matter where it originates. Bush set an ambitious goal for U.S.

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Sony Kills Recordable Blu-Ray And Other Vintage Media

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Considering the market environment and future growth potential of the market, we have decided to discontinue production, a representative of Sony said in a brief statement to IEEE Spectrum. Sony, which prototyped the first Blu-Ray discs in 2000, has been selling commercial Blu-Ray products since 2006.

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Ford developing a strategy to address urban personal mobility globally; a mobility company, not just an auto company

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Ford Motor Company is mapping out a strategy to address the requirements for personal mobility in the context of the megatrend of increasing global urbanization, both in mature economies as well as in emerging markets. Rough map of Ford’s Blueprint for Mobility. Click to enlarge. Like some other OEMs (e.g.,

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UK DfT Report Finds That While a Majority of the Public Still Thinks Individuals Should Limit Car Use to Benefit Environment, Support for Measures Drops

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The report for the Department for Transport is based on a survey module included in the Office for National Statistics’ Opinions (Omnibus) survey which has been carried out each August since 2006. The report found that in 2009, 58% of adults believe that “Individuals should try to limit their car use for the sake of the environment”.

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NYU-BMW i report explores future urban mobility; sustainability and resilience

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Demographic factors such as an overall urban population boom, the increase in urban single-person households and rapidly aging urban populations—the population age 65 and older in New York City, for example, is expected to increase more than 36% by 2030—will lead to significant changes in urban mobility. million to 229 million.

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