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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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MITEI releases report on 3-year study of future mobility; technological innovation, policies, and behavioral changes all needed; “car pride” an issue

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The report highlights the importance of near-term action to ensure the long-term sustainability of personal mobility. Understanding the future of personal mobility requires an integrated analysis of technology, infrastructure, consumer choice, and government policy. Armstrong, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT.

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Testing Products for Consumer Reports

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Rerecich, an IEEE member, joined Consumer Reports in 2013 after almost three decades at Standard Microsystems Corp. For starters, Consumer Reports rates products; it doesn’t build them. “We acquired in 2012 by Microchip Technology ). There are obvious differences between the two jobs, Rerecich acknowledges.

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The Heart and the Chip: What Could Go Wrong?

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Legendary MIT roboticist Daniela Rus has published a new book called The Heart and the Chip: Our Bright Future with Robots. To me this character is a tremendous inspiration, yet I often remind myself that in the story, he begins his career as an MIT-­trained weapons manufacturer and munitions developer.

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Phone Keyboard Exploits Leave 1 Billion Users Exposed

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A range of different keyboard systems have been developed in the digital era—sometimes called pinyin keyboards, named after a popular romanization system for standard Chinese. All in order for a Chinese-speaking person to be able to type. The first version of TLS was specified and released in 1999.) “All

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Video Friday: Welcome to 2022

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John Deere ] I appreciate the idea that this robot seems to have some conception of personal space and will react when that space is rudely violated. MIT ] What has NASA's Perseverance rover accomplished since landing on the surface of Mars in February 2021? Engineered Arts ] Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Xiaomi Robotics Lab!

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Digital Currency and Trade Systems Are Tearing up the Rules

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Another example is the Swiss Trust Chain (which MIT helped engineer ); that platform is live but its commercial applications are still being developed. One serious concern in this new regime is the deterioration of personal data privacy and the rising power of data holders, both companies and government agencies. or EU standards.

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