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Ford Car Buying Trends 2015 shows increasing demand for semi-autonomous driving technologies in Europe

Green Car Congress

Ford Car Buying Trends 2015 , a study of new car buying habits in 22 countries across Europe, highlights regional trends and national differences. From first being introduced in Europe in 2012, Ford’s voice-activated connected systems have quickly found their way into most new cars. Body styles.

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Pong Was Boring—And People Loved It

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In 2015, the Strong National Museum of Play , in Rochester, N.Y., Connected to the novelty factor is that. IEEE Spectrum’s special projects editor Stephen Cass grew up in Ireland. inducted Pong into its World Video Game Hall of Fame , citing its popularity and influence in launching the video-game industry. Sociability.

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Sand, Sea and as Much Serenity as You Could Ever Want

Baua Electric

In 1910, an errant ship severed the undersea telegraph cable connecting the islands to the world; a tiny, bobbing barrel really did save them from disaster. Many are descendants of shipwreck survivors from England, Scotland and Ireland who were on their way to somewhere else when nature intervened. Except it really happened.

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Powering Offshore Wind Farms With Numerical Modeling of Subsea Cables

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The message above was sent through the first transatlantic telegraph cable between Newfoundland and Ireland, way back in 1858. Fast forward to 2014: The bottom of the ocean is home to nearly 300 communications cables, connecting countries and providing internet communications around the world. References M. Küchler, J. Paulus, R.

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The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet

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On 4 March 2015, he sent an email to the campus newspaper, The Daily Targum : “A while back you had an article that talked about the DDoS attacks on Rutgers. The Mirai botnet exploited vulnerable Internet of Things devices, such as Web-connected video cameras, ones that supported Telnet, an outdated system for logging in remotely.

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