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Tesla receives mind-blowing interior ‘personalization system’ patent

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Tesla has received a patent for an incredible new “personalization system,” which could make its vehicles more accessible and comfortable than ever before. The system uses the car’s interior camera system to identify occupants, approximate their size, and personalize settings to optimize comfort and ease of use.

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Elon Musk trolls Amazon’s Jeff Bezos after claiming title of ‘World’s Richest Person’

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk trolled Amazon’s Jeff Bezos on Twitter earlier today after reclaiming the title of World’s Richest Person, tracked by Forbes. In late September, CNBC shared an article that talked about Musk’s distaste for Bezos’ strategy to stop SpaceX through suing them.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

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This sponsored article is brought to you by COMSOL. As we try to objectively study nature, we are often reminded of how natural forces affect us personally. Out of Finland’s energy-related emissions, 82 percent come from heating domestic buildings (Ref. The apparent contradictions do not end there.

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Building the Future of Smart Home Security

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This is a sponsored article brought to you by SimpliSafe. As the demand for smart home security grows, it’s pertinent that the engineers who build the products and services that keep millions of customers safe continue to experiment with new technologies that could enhance overall security and accessibility.

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BYD expected to unveil 1st model of F brand in Jun

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Xiong Tianbo, former head of BYD auto sales research institute, will be the general manager of the F brand's sales division, leading the brand's product planning, channel sales and brand building, the source told CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost. BYD later confirmed it.

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Hi-fi, Radio, and Retro: The DIY Projects Spectrum Readers Love

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This month we’re celebrating the launch of our second PDF collection of Hands On articles, which IEEE members can download from IEEE Spectrum ’s website and share with friends. Far and away our most popular article in the last five years has been “ Build Your Own Professional-Grade Audio Amp on the Sort of Cheap ” (November 2018).

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