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Electric Pedicabs - future for London's transport

DIY Electric Car

London belongs to one of the largest cities in the world. London's undergrounds is one of the most developed in the world but also one of the oldest in the world counting over a 100 years. These were on the streets of London for the past 10 years however they were running only on the pedal power. Maxpro Pedicabs - [link]

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I In the city of the future, could power suppliers be rivalled by innovative construction firms? Environmentalists see another advantage to local entities ? Thank you !

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Freddy the Robot Was the Fall Guy for British AI

Cars That Think

The robots became the focus of an intense debate over the future of AI in the United Kingdom. But before I get into all that, let me just say that rarely do I, as a historian, have the luxury of having my subjects clearly articulate the aims of their projects, imagine the future, and then, years later, reflect on their experiences.

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To Hell With The Grownups. I’m Now With Greta & #FridaysForFuture

Creative Greenius

The first media notice Greta got was from the BBC in September of last year. By the end of October she was speaking at the Declaration of Rebellion, at Parliament Square, in London. If you continue failing us in the future, we, the young people, will make change happen by ourselves. You have failed us in the past.

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In 1926, TV Was Mechanical

Cars That Think

Part of the receiving apparatus, housed at the Science Museum in London, is shown at top.) In 1926, Baird loaned part of the televisor he used in his Selfridges demo to the Science Museum in London. and a year later he made the first transatlantic television transmission, from London to Hartsdale, N.Y.

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Britain Lost Out on Euro Disney. Now It’s Getting a Universal Theme Park.

Baua Electric

But it will be years before the doors open to the public as the company transforms what is a bare piece of land about 35 minutes north of London by train. In the late 1980s, London was considered, and ultimately rejected, as a location for the Euro Disneyland theme park that eventually was constructed outside of Paris.

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With this Ruby Laser, George Porter Sped up Photochemistry

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When the future Nobel-winning chemist George Porter arrived as a Ph.D. Keystone Press/Alamy Later in his career, Porter moved to Imperial College London , where he had access to more advanced lasers and was eventually able to capture events in the femtosecond range—12 orders of magnitude faster than during his doctoral studies at Cambridge.

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