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Do You Have Food Allergies? Here’s How to Travel Safely.

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As a person who is gluten-intolerant and a parent of a child with a serious peanut allergy, I’ve learned simple and effective ways to eat safely and reduce the risk of a reaction while away from home. When you book, personalize your profile with details of your dietary sensitivity and confirm with managers upon arrival.

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Did You Make Your Connecting Flight? You May Have A.I. to Thank.

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is poised to change almost every aspect of the customer flying experience, from baggage tracking to personalized in-flight entertainment, said Jitender Mohan, who works with travel and hospitality clients at the technology consulting company WNS. The person makes the decision, but it’s streamlined,” Mr. Baskaran said. Generative A.I.

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BMW Group Launches car sharing service “ReachNow” in Seattle

Green Car Congress

The service will expand to include Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the next quarter. After downloading and registering on the ReachNow app, available in the App Store and on Google Play, members can locate and book the closest available car in the ReachNow app or find a ReachNow car on the street.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

Cars That Think

If you ask the average person what the company 3M does, odds are if they have a few gray hairs hanging out on their scalp, they might say that the company makes floppy disks. As author David Morton noted in his 2006 book Sound Recording: The Life Story of a Technology , 3M was one of the best-suited companies on the market to help Brush out.

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Volvo Cars says early demand for fully electric Volvo XC40 Recharge P8 AWD is strong

Green Car Congress

Volvo Cars has opened order books for the XC40 Recharge P8 AWD ( earlier post ), the company’s first fully electric car which is based on the best-selling SUV, in selected markets. Not having an internal combustion engine means the car provides drivers with even more storage space than the regular XC40, via a ‘frunk’ under the front hood.

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Volkswagen showcases inductive charging w/ “power lift”, autonomous and semi-autonomous capabilities & gesture control at CES

Green Car Congress

Despite continually growing complexity and numbers of functions, this concept was intended to reduce driver distractions while attaining maximum personalization and intuitive operation in the car. A person logs onto the system by spreading the fingers of a hand, preventing unintentional activation of a function with a hand movement.

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Nasir Ahmed: An Unsung Hero of Digital Media

Cars That Think

Those Zoom meetings that took the place of in-person gatherings for school or work during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic? When the first MPEG standard was published in 1993, the World Wide Web that now has Google Maps , dating apps, and e-commerce businesses was just four years old. There would be no faces on Facebook.