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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Even in his home of Singapore, few people know of Tan or Trek. Today it is familiar worldwide. Why aren’t they more famous?

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Zomato to liquidate Vietnam subsidiary after shutting Poland business – ET Auto

Baua Electric

ET had earlier reported that the Gurugram-based company had shuttered almost all of its international subsidiaries including those in Singapore, the United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. The liquidation process is expected to be completed within four-six months of receiving the approval.

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Study finds the wettability of porous electrode surfaces is key to making efficient water-splitting or carbon-capturing systems

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With the decrease of wettability (moving left to right), the gas-evolving electrode transitions from an internal growth and departure mode to a gas-filled mode, associated with a drastic change of bubble behaviors and significant increase of overpotential. Article Ryuichi Iwata, Lenan Zhang, Kyle L. Gallant, Evelyn N.

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

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International automotive supplier Continental is calling for a market-based adaptation of the legal framework for automated driving. Article 8 of the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic specifies that the driver must maintain permanent control of the vehicle. It aims to facilitate international road traffic and increase road safety.

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Study: IMO low-sulfur fuel standards will decrease childhood asthma cases, premature deaths; climate tradeoffs

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Marine shipping fuels will get cleaner in 2020 when a regulation by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requires a decrease in the allowable amount of sulfur in fuel oil from 3.5% Some key regions include China, Singapore, Panama, Brazil and coastlines of Asia, Africa and South America. —i.e., Reduction in annual PM 2.5

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MIT analysis finds current EVs could replace ~90% of personal vehicles now on the road based on driver’s energy consumption

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The study highlights the important role that car sharing of internal combustion engine vehicles could play in driving electrification. The work was supported by the New England University Transportation Center at MIT, the MIT Leading Technology and Policy Initiative, the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, the Charles E.

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eVTOLs: The Future of Urban Air Mobility

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In the future, Volocopter plans to deploy one of the world’s first eVTOL urban air taxi services in Singapore within the next three years. The plan involves showcasing its UAM technology at Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai, an international exposition held every few years in locations all over the world.

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