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Remembering the Legacy of Trailblazing Technologist Gordon Moore

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His original hypothesis, published in a 1965 Electronics magazine article , was that the number of transistors would double each year. also in chemistry, in 1954 from Caltech , he began his career as a researcher in the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University , in Baltimore. After earning his Ph.D.,

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Virtual Reality Helps Students Improve Their Math Literacy

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In the United States, eighth graders scored an average of 271 out of 500 in math on last year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress , as highlighted in a New York Times article. Traveling and having a personal connection to Prisms VR customers,” she says, “has been really valuable in designing and updating the modules.”

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. Her insights greatly helped with this article. Lyft also has rolled out multiple-rider sharing that creates an on-demand carpool.

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The Do-or-Die Moments That Determined the Fate of the Internet

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And by mid-1971, program director Lawrence Roberts of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) was becoming impatient with the slow pace at which ARPA-funded researchers were getting connected. One major problem was the cost and fragility of stringing a dedicated cable from every computer to every terminal. in December of the same year.

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How Many EV Charging Stations Will $10 Billion Buy for America?

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chargers, ports, individual charging connections) will whatever the final number is in front of the word “billion” actually fund? In a recent Wall Street Journal article , Cathy Zoi, CEO of the charging network EVgo, was quoted that it cost the company an estimated $110,000 to deploy a DC fast charger. First, why did I say $10 billion?

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