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Stuart Parkin Revolutionized Disk Drive Storage

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Genomics, bioinformatics, climate science, telecommunications, finance, health care and so many more fields depend on it. For massive datasets to be of use, they must be stored somehow. Spintronics can make them more energy-efficient, faster to access data, or capable of storing huge amounts of information. I find that amazing.”

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Crypto, Venmo, NFTs, Tokens: Where Is Money Going?

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She’s spent years talking to finance industry experts about and researching the dynamic history of financial exchange media. And she’s now condensed those insights into her new book Tokens: The Future of Money in the Age of the Platform. Rachel O’Dwyer In the book, you say t okens are like a genus, a taxonomic rank.

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Ford Smart Mobility shifts from research to implementation; company announces new programs, next areas of focus

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In the opening keynote at Ford’s annual trends conference, 2015 Further With Ford, CEO Mark Fields announced the next phase of the company’s Smart Mobility plan, originally announced in January this year at CES ( earlier post ). Young Americans rank car rides second only to book lending as things they are most open to sharing.

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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But some advanced new bicycles can store energy when they brake, meaning they can go many times further, and some advanced new batteries can charge up in a fraction of the time. Our mission is to prepare students for top careers in finance. Typically, an electric bike can run for 30-50 kilometres (20-30 miles) between charges.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

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More How healthy are your finances? More Malls shed stores Vacancy rates accelerate as retailers confront spending slump. Photos First drive: Chevy Volt test A few laps behind the wheel of an early version of GMs electric car shows the strengths - and possible weaknesses - of the technology. 5.90 / 0.07% Nasdaq 1,673.07

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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A memory capable of storing all the information for a single video frame; the contents of a frame buffer can be controlled by special software to produce or modify images. But Goldman was unable to convince the executive to whom Xerox’s Electro-Optical Systems division reported (whose background was accounting and finance) to allow a bid.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

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So the car uses an electrical store to power the drive motor. Walkout at UN conference after Iran. Matt Gentry, Aransas Pass , Tx, United States Instead of wasting time and money on an obvious SPIN Idea the government should put money into R&D. Mike, Epworth, UK Ok. May I ask what powers the heater? Post to Fark Post to Yahoo!