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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

Cars That Think

Not all these companies will succeed, and Los Angeles–based Second Sight provides a cautionary tale for bold entrepreneurs interested in brain tech. By June 2015, Byland was the only person on the planet with two bionic eyes. What happens when cutting-edge implants fail, or simply fade away like yesterday’s flip phones and.

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Mercedes-Benz eyeing introducing a sedan model hydrogen fuel cell vehicle around MY 2017

Green Car Congress

Several hydrogen fueling stations are now open in Los Angeles and surrounding areas, including Newport Beach. the next-gen MY 2015 F-Cell—will demonstrate capabilities competitive with other platforms, but cost remains an issue, according to an AFCC research needs analysis presented in 2009. Source: AFCC 2009.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

Cars That Think

An important early paper (2015) by Joshua Gans and Hanna Halaburda on private digital currencies pointed out that “any currency can be viewed as a platform”—and it is the attractiveness of the platform on which its adoption depends. That gap could be much smaller for other potential backers of a private digital currency.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) So imagine a million electric cars on US roads which all need to change these batteries in say 2015.

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