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Car Crash Prevention System Wins Student $10,000 IEEE Scholarship

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Underride car crashes are among the most deadly accidents in Turkey, according to a report by the country's. zmit, Turkey, is set to study medicine this semester at. He came up with a mechanical barrier system that attaches to the hood and connects to the car's electronic control unit. General Directorate of Highways.

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Continental calls for market-based adaptation of the legal framework to support autonomous driving

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However, the necessary adjustments to the traffic regulatory framework must not fail to take into account the connection with these market dynamics. Article 8 of the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic specifies that the driver must maintain permanent control of the vehicle. —Christian Senger.

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Stories of the War in Ukraine: Volodymyr

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It was very important for me to present my scientific results at the IEEE conferences that take place in Turkey, Bulgaria, and Ukraine. This article is part of “ Stories of the War in Ukraine ,” a special collection from The Institute. Unfortunately, due to the war, all conferences in Ukraine have been canceled.

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This Computer Pioneer’s Invention Made Zoom Possible

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Many IEEE members credit a parent or a teacher for encouraging them to pursue an engineering career, but for Erol Gelenbe it was his next-door neighbor in his hometown of Ankara, Turkey. He started selling the idea to me and even bribed me by promising an internship at Philips , where he had connections. That was in the late 1950s.

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Why the Internet needs the InterPlanetary File System

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And with IPFS, the network can continue operating even if the connection to the originating server is cut or if the service that initially provided the content is experiencing an outage—particularly important in places with networks that work only intermittently. Domain Name System (DNS) server. And often those things are not optimal.

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U.K. Startup’s Digital Dyeing Printers Save Energy, Water

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This is a sponsored article brought to you by LEMO. Alchemie Technology A “digital dyeing” machine Endeavor is similar to a digital printing machine used for producing publications such as CONNECTED. Then in Portugal, Turkey, but mainly in Asia: Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh. billion drops per linear meter.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Sven Thesen, the communication and technology director for Better Place , a start-up that is gaining traction (see this recent New York Times article ) in its effort to create a network for electric cars in various countries, likened the concept of electric cars to cellphones. Fifteen years ago, how many people had a cellphone?”

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