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Remembering Data Compression Pioneer K. R. Rao

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This tribute is an excerpted version of an article dedicated to his memory written by three of his colleagues: IEEE Member Jae Jeong Hwang, Zoran M. They presented their results in the article “ Discrete Cosine Transform ,” published in the January 1974 IEEE Transactions on Computers. Milicevic, and IEEE Life Senior Member Zoran S.

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“Charging Station” — Is That the Location or the “Charger”?

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Below is a simple and typical example of the confusing and inconsistent use of the term “charging station” from a news article shared on Twitter. Depending on the person, each of us brings different backgrounds and context to this phrase creating confusion and a lack of clarity in the market. So What’s The Big Deal? We have a choice.

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How Can We Talk About Autonomous Weapons?

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This article is part of our Autonomous Weapons Challenges series. the IEEE Standards Association is working on this, but they need your help. This problem of definitions isn’t just an issue that comes up when policy makers at the U.N. A group of experts convened by. After nearly a decade, though, the U.N. discuss AWS.

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That Awesome Robot Demo Could Have a Human in the Loop

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We’re fragile and expensive, which is why so many people are trying to get robots to do stuff instead, but with a very few exceptions involving speed and precision, humans are the gold standard and are likely to remain so for the foreseeable future. And extra thanks to Peter for his feedback on an early draft of this article.

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Driving Dystopia: Automakers Are Selling Your Driving Data to Insurance Companies

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LexisNexis analyzed that driving data to create a risk score “for insurers to use as one factor of many to create more personalized insurance coverage,” according to a LexisNexis spokesman, Dean Carney. I don’t know the definition of hard brake. Customers can also unenroll from Smart Driver at any time.” Same with acceleration.

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The Best Electric SUVs on the Market

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In this article, we’re going to look at some of the electric SUVs on the market with the highest ranges, as well as some of the most affordable SUV options. 4 Price: $40,290 Range: 209-270 Miles While the Standard model ID.4 The good news? Prices have been coming down while ranges have steadily increased. Volkswagen ID.4

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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

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meditation , focus , and sleep ; these devices need only meet the safety standards that govern consumer gadgets, not the far stricter regulations for medical devices regarding both safety and proof of clinical benefit. The right to personal identity. Chile’s congress is currently considering. The 5 Neurorights. The right to free will.

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