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The Tremendous VR and CG Systems—of the 1960s

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In Berkeley’s offices, the Sutherland brothers encountered his light-seeking robot squirrel “ Squee ,” now in the collection of the Computer History Museum, which also holds some of Berkeley’s papers. Computer History Museum In 1968, Sutherland moved to the University of Utah, and he cofounded a new startup to pursue 3D computer graphics.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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several genes that allow the plant to use light more efficiently, increase its carbon uptake, and divert more energy to the. light energy. conferring hydrocarbon biosynthesis, enhanced carbon. uptake, and optimized light utilization. no rare earth materials, but is light, compact, and potentially. field trials.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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One of the first decisions Pake in turn made was to hire, among others, Robert Taylor, then at the University of Utah , to help him recruit engineers and scientists for the Computer Science and Systems Science Laboratories. Xerox could not afford to have people think they were flakes.”

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