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MIT study says combustion emissions cause ~200,000 premature deaths/year in US; vehicles and power generation top sources

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Annual average concentrations of fine particulates from US sources of combustion emissions from (a) electric power generation; (b) industry; (c) commercial and residential sources; (d) road transportation; (e) marine transportation; (f) rail transportation; (g) sum of all combustion sources; (h) all sources. Source: MIT. Click to enlarge.

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GM’s Maven car-sharing reaches 1M miles driven in <4 months; Boston, Chicago, and DC joining lineup

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In less than four months, Maven, General Motors’ personal mobility brand ( earlier post ), has grown to five markets: New York City, Ann Arbor, Mich., Maven has partnered with ZIRX to power the experience. As previously announced, Express Drive will expand to additional markets including Boston, Baltimore and DC by the end of the year.

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High School Students Built This iPhone App for the Visually Impaired

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Blind Industries and Services of Maryland , a not-for-profit organization in Baltimore that provides training and career resources to the state’s visually impaired. Because they couldn’t conduct in-person interviews due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, the students used Facebook to find people with vision problems and ask about their needs.

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Remembering the Legacy of Trailblazing Technologist Gordon Moore

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Intel microprocessors now power personal computers made by major manufacturers including Dell , HP , and IBM. also in chemistry, in 1954 from Caltech , he began his career as a researcher in the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University , in Baltimore. After earning his Ph.D.,

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I drove the new Tesla Model 3, here’s what got better

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To me, it’s too much of a process to perform these simple tasks, and the lack of things to look at is something I personally do not enjoy. Trunk and Frunk The frunk and power trunk are both spacious and provide room for a lot of things. I do understand the appeal, though. Do I think this is a mini Model S? Absolutely.

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Berkeley Lab researchers develop Bchain protocol to make blockchain more robust

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Instead of one organization managing all of this information, blockchains store data via a network of personal computers. Since the first blockchain was conceptualized in 2009, primarily to power Bitcoin, Meling notes that that numerous other applications have been inspired by its potential.

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Automobile Information manage providers, ranked through general OEM automobile portions gross sales

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Aurora, Ontario, Canada (905) 726-2462 Swamy Kotagiri (CEO) $18,920 ( f ) $16,671 ( f ) $37,840 ( f ) $36,242 ( f ) Frame buildings, exteriors, powertrain, electronics, mechatronics, mirrors, lighting fixtures, seating, whole automobile production Northville, MI, USA (734) 855-2600 Martin Fischer (president & member board of control) $12,000 $10,454 (..)