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From Fixing Farm Equipment to Becoming a Director at 3M

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Gerard “Gus” Gaynor says he knew he would become an engineer when he was 7 years old, inspired by his father’s monthly Popular Mechanics magazines. We couldn’t afford to pay [US] $350 to buy a machine at that time, so we had to build our own,” he says. about 32 kilometers away. government. members’ careers. Gaynor remains active.

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Designing the First Apple Macintosh: The Engineers’ Story

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This article was first published as “Design case history: Apple’s Macintosh.” The author spoke with many members of the design team in the months following the 1984 introduction of the Macintosh, however, Steve Jobs did not grant an interview for this article. It appeared in the December 1984 issue of IEEE Spectrum.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

I just read the article in the June/July issue of Homepower magazine written by two firemen who have solar panels on their roofs. FROM HOMEPOWER MAGAZINE written by Fire engineer Matthew Paiss: Access, pathways, and smoke-ventilation space: Providing a 3-foot setback from the edges of the roofline. Yeah, they can afford it.

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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Similarly, GE sold off GE Capital for $26 billion after the 2008 finance and banking collapse, which is a far cry from a decade earlier, when it was worth ten times that. In a way, the firms we can't afford to lose make up almost a litmus test of the most important companies. James Cortada Timing is everything.

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

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Structured VLSI design, now taught in more than 100 universities. Many of the people at BCC were responsible for the design of the SDS 940, the computer on the strength of which Xerox bought Scientific Data Systems in 1968.) which had made the 1103 dynamic memory chips used in the MAXC design, reaped one of the first benefits.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Road Noise Cancellation and Engine Order Cancellation systems will provide vehicle manufacturers with the ability to greatly improve in-cabin refinement, with additional design opportunities for optimising vehicle weight reduction and fuel economy. Automotive.coms auto loan locator can help you get a lower new car finance rate.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Warren Buffett takes charge Warren Buffett hasnt just seen the car of the future, hes sitting in the drivers seat.

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