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Testing Products for Consumer Reports

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We had an Instron universal testing machine , which does tensile and compression testing. For example, we’ve seen video doorbells and wireless home security cameras sending email addresses, IP addresses, lists of commands, network names, and even Wi-Fi passwords as unencrypted data. People’s thumbs aren’t calibrated.

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Craig Partridge Is Still Working to Improve Internet Traffic

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Later that year he joined Colorado State University in Fort Collins, as chair of its department of computer science. He says walled gardens are “social networks where people don't want to connect to people who don't want to connect with those who think differently.” It opened my eyes. “So

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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. Displayed on the student’s VR headset is a list of modules. It’s the lowest level in decades. The 10-year study is being conducted in Arizona.

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The Meeting of the Minds That Launched AI

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When the photo was reprinted in Eliza Strickland’s October 2021 article “The Turbulent Past and Uncertain Future of Artificial Intelligence,” in IEEE Spectrum , the caption identified six people, plus one “unknown.” Milner was working on neuropsychology at McGill University , in Montreal, although he had trained as an electrical engineer.

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A closer look at brushed AC motors in EVs

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While slip rings and commutators are both examples of a freely-rotating electrical connection, and both use carbon brushes in the motor housing to deliver power to the rotor, the similarities end there. A rather compelling list of pluses. This article appeared in Issue 60: April-June 2022 – Subscribe now.

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A World-Class Tech MBA on Your Own Schedule

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This sponsored article is brought to you by Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management. Can students draw from a wide range of programs in the business school and the university at large? Purdue is also among the country’s 10 most innovative universities , per U.S. Are there innovative course offerings?

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Lean Software, Power Electronics, and the Return of Optical Storage

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Goldstein: Oh, that’s interesting because the—I mean, where I was going with that connection to legislation is that—I think what Bob found in the EV transition is that the knowledge base of the people who are charged with making decisions about regulations is pretty small. Cass: Yeah, the truth is there is a list of things we could do.

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