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Reflections on Converting a 914 to an EV

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

Here goes (in no particular order): Things That Went Well During the Conversion The 914 AC kit from Electro Automotive is a good one. I modified the wiring in the original 914 AC kit (as suggested by Paul Jorg) to turn on the regen when the brake lights came on instead of controlling regen by releasing the accelerator pedal.

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IEEE Strengthens its Support for Open Science

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IEEE Life Fellow Sergio Benedetto , vice president, IEEE Publication Services and Products, told The Institute, “We have taken several steps to increase the availability of open access journals in our portfolio, and we definitely also want to enlarge our activities in the open science domain.”

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Stretch 3 Brings Us Closer to Realistic Home Robots

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When we launched, we didn’t have a dexterous wrist at the end as standard, because we were trying to start with truly the minimum viable product,” says Hello Robot co-founder and CTO Charlie Kemp. And the robot is definitely both of those things. You’ll find a handy list of all the upgrades here.

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

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This article was first published as “Inside the PARC: the ‘information architects’.” The speech writer later said that neither he nor McColough had a specific definition of the phrase. The first personal computer developed in the United States is commonly thought to be the MITS Altair, which sold as a hobbyist’s kit in 1976.

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The First Million-Transistor Chip: the Engineers’ Story

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This article was first published as "Intel's secret is out." The designers of the floating-point adder and multiplier units made the logic for rounding off numbers conform to IEEE standards, which slowed performance. s computers, for example, reject those standards to boost performance.) Cray Research Inc.’s

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An Army of Grain-harvesting Robots Marches Across Russia

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Professional education has declined, and the young people joining the labor force aren't up to the same standard. We are not tied to any particular brand; our retrofit kit will work with any combine harvester model available in the farmer's fleet. Alex, the driver of the combine ahead, definitely won't brake. No need to brake.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

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The charging port standard is also something that they can relook at. Compared to the Nexon’s 8 year warranty, the MG’s standard warranty is 5 years. We shall definitely visit your hotel again. But it is a spacious car - and I would definitely pay more money than I would pay for an Innova hire. Gracias, Senor.