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The second instrument was a highly experimental Multispectral Scanner System (MSS) designed by Virginia T. The satellite then transmitted the signal to a ground station; if no station was within range, it stored the data on magnetic tape for later transmission. Everyone assumed the camera would be the workhorse of the mission.

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Electricity is a commodity that is bought and sold, and yet unlike most other commodities, it cannot easily be stored. Like Rippel and Cocconi, Brooks was a Caltech graduate and part of the close-knit community of EV enthusiasts that emerged around the prestigious university. After earning a Ph.D.

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This situation is not true universally. Joyce Bodoh , director of energy solutions and clean energy for Virginia’s Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC), a utility distributor in central Virginia, says that “REC leadership is really, really supportive of electrification, energy efficiency, and electric transportation.”

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This article was first published as “Inside the PARC: the ‘information architects’.” Structured VLSI design, now taught in more than 100 universities. And unlike university research laboratories, PARC had one unifying vision: it would develop “the architecture of information.” Legend has it that McColough then turned to Jack E.

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A normally functioning pancreas recognizes the incoming sugar rush and secretes insulin to allow the body's cells to absorb it so that it can be used as energy or stored for such use later on. William Clarke/University of Virginia. This article appears in the December 2021 print issue as "Creating the Artificial Pancreas.".

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