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Andrew Leland on Assistive Tech for the Blind

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So, who better to have written the newly released book The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight , which presents a history of blindness that touches on events and advances in social, political, artistic, and technological realms? Some blind people read entire books that way. You rely a great deal on your screen reader.

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CV industry gears up for a challenging tech transition; some bet on only two options for industry and govt investment – ET Auto

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A recent order of 500 units of Ashok Leyland-owned Switch Mobility’s IeV4, and the Tata Ace EV debuting with an order book of 39,000 units may be seen as indicators of prospects for light electric trucks. BEV technology will be more befitting for smaller trucks though, opine some industry leaders. VECV, which has only one EV, a 5.5

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A Girls’ Trip to Costa Rica. But With No Phones, Did It Happen?

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With Unplugged , a company specializing in tech-free escapes, you can book a “digital detox cabin” to spend three tech-free days in the English countryside. Heather Orton, a nurse practitioner and my roommate in Costa Rica, said that going phone-free was the main reason she’d booked the FTLO trip.

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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White served on the board of visitors at Virginia Tech and was vice rector and rector there. He also served as a director of the Virginia Tech Foundation. Army for two years after he earned a bachelor's degree in engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles. Johnson served in the U.S. Worth was drafted into the U.S.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

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The entrepreneurs in 1982 found Adobe a suitable name since the creek meandered near both their domes and, even more important, had none of the Qs, Xs, Ys, and Zs then popular with high-tech startups. Such an architecture stores data as it is received, stacking it like a pile of books.

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These EVs offer the longest range in 2024, all surpassing 300 miles

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in 2022, according to recent data from Kelley Blue Book. With several new models launching this year and most automakers advancing battery tech at this point, I expect to see the list grow again next year. A record 1.2 million EVs were handed over in the US last year, representing 7.6% of auto sales in 2023. That’s up from 5.9%

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Tesla Model Y becomes a hotel amenity thanks to ride-sharing platform Envoy

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Visitors at the Mondrian luxury hotel will be able to book the Model Y through the Envoy Mobility app, giving them easy access to an electric vehicle without hefty fees. “The versatile Tesla Model Y crossover will offer plenty of space for guest parties to zip around Miami in comfort with all the innovative tech bells and whistles.”

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