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AI Tool for COVID Monitoring Offers Solution for Urban Congestion

Cars That Think

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020, many research groups sought an effective method to determine mobility patterns and crowd densities on the streets of major cities like New York City to give insight into the effectiveness of stay-at-home and social distancing strategies.

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Tesla heads are rolling over critical projects at Gigafactory Texas

Baua Electric

A person familiar with the project described it to Electrek as “a financial black hole.” We reported earlier today that he shut down a project called NV9 to build a next-gen cheaper electric vehicle at the plant. Earlier this year, Tesla announced that it is building a $500 million Dojo supercomputer cluster in New York.

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Discover Le Havre, Where Impressionism Was Born

Baua Electric

Snubbed by tourists Once there was a direct New York-to-Le Havre route on the French Line, whose luxury cruise liners pampered rich Americans with fancy suites and fine French cuisine. A bit like how people from New Jersey got used to being made fun of because they lived on industrial land that was less beautiful than New York.

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J.D. Power study: EV consideration in US increasing, but slowly; availability of public chargers a friction point

Green Car Congress

A resounding effort to build out and improve the public charging infrastructure will emphatically increase EV purchase consideration. New York ranks second in “very likely” at 33.7%. —Stewart Stropp, executive director of EV intelligence at J.D.

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Granville T. Woods: Smartest Guy in the Room

Cars That Think

Despite his brilliance and relentless industry, Woods is mostly referred to—that is, when he is remembered at all—as “Black Edison.” He often lacked the funds to pay patent application fees or to build scale models of his inventions. “I I think Woods clearly recognized ‘No, I’m the smartest person in the room.

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Why Are We Still Doing What Simon Says?

Cars That Think

Cope suggested building the game around the Texas Instruments TMS1000 microprocessor. After a few more tweaks—including making the plastic case round and adding three levels of difficulty— Simon was launched in May 1978 at Studio 54 in New York City. The game went on to be a huge hit during the Christmas season.

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Where Minus 35 Is Perfect Weather to Get Outside

Baua Electric

The town of about 2,400 is home to Canada’s first gambling hall, museums and other colorful buildings — many of them tilting ominously as the permafrost thaws under their foundations. Dawson City residents must occasionally jack up the buildings to keep them level. Dickson said, referring to the green curtains of light waving above.

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