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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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If you ask the average person what the company 3M does, odds are if they have a few gray hairs hanging out on their scalp, they might say that the company makes floppy disks. Floppies have had a surprisingly long life—in January 2024, Japan announced it will no longer require floppy-disk copies of government submissions.

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Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf

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The two had been exchanging ideas in person and via email and reviewing the work of others who were trying to solve similar issues. It is rare for someone to be as capable as he is and as wonderful a person. National Medal of Technology and Innovation , Presidential Medal of Freedom , the Japan Prize He is always professional.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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His schooling in South Korea and at Columbia had primarily emphasized book learning and theory. He returned to KAIST in 2007 and pioneered research in graphene and thermoelectric devices. And in 2019, he was named a Person of Distinguished Service to Science and Technology, one of the nation’s highest honors. Legend and Legacy.

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Speech Processing Pioneer Sadaoki Furui Dies at 77

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After joining the Tokyo Institute of Technology as a professor of computer science in 1997, he became dean of its graduate school of information science and engineering in 2007. He authored or coauthored more than 1,000 papers and books on speech recognition, artificial intelligence, and natural language processing.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

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New 100K Club Member RAV4EV in Japan Newsletter Vol. 2 PIA Meets CARB Move CARB Forward AltCar Expo 2007 Arnold Amped Up? Wakefield, 1998 "Taken For a Ride: Detroit's Big Three and the politics of pollution" by Jack Doyle Books on Peak Oil and Energy Transition "Beyond Oil: The view from Hubbert's Peak", by Kenneth S.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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Biggest surprise in career Media hysteria over the microprocessor Patents 17 Books recently read Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Theory by John R. In October 1969, Hoff, Mazor, and the three Japanese engineers met with Busicom management, visiting from Japan, and described their divergent approaches. .; MS, 1959, Ph.D., Rochester, N.Y.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

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I found two great reads on the subject include; "The GAO Report on Peak Oil, April 7, 2007 Crude Oil - Uncertainty about Future Oil supply Makes It Important to Develop a Strategy for Addressing a Peak and Decline in Oil Production" ; the books "Twlight In The Desert" by Matthew R. Does that bother you?