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Getting More Students to Develop Tech That Benefits Society

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Estrin, a computer science professor at Cornell Tech , in New York City, founded the school’s Public Interest Tech Initiative to give students that opportunity. Her sister Judy is a successful tech entrepreneur, and her other sister, Margo, is a medical doctor. The award is sponsored by IBM.

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Four Startups Aim to Change the Climate Tech Game

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That’s what John Hennessy, Stanford professor (and former president) and chairman of Alphabet , told attendees at the Stanford Global Energy Forum , held in-person this month on the Stanford University campus. There are 2.6 million idle wells, Gregory continued, “with an average depth 5000 feet.”

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

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Back then, Warnock already had a rough idea how to “Print Anything.” It would have been quite different had Warnock and company not been in the right place at the right time to meet the right person. And the right person was Apple founder Steven Jobs, who invented the first, hoped for the second, and told Adobe to tough out the third.

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An After-School Program Teaches Teens Java and Python

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While discussing with his wife what his next career move should be, an idea suddenly came to him in the form of a vision. The league was recently named Nonprofit of the Year by its California Assembly district’s representative, Tasha Boerner. “It I’ve had this idea to make things that people are going to use in their daily lives.

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2024 Tesla Model 3 Performance review: Global launch first drive of a sickeningly good electric sports sedan

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I’ve long wondered why Tesla goes to the trouble of making its cars so damn fast, and powerful, when in most cases they are bought by people who are early adopters, greenies or tech heads, rather than driving enthusiasts. 2024 Tesla Model 3 Performance … canyon carver. 2024 Tesla Model 3 Performance boosted by a new drive unit.

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Help Build the Future of Assistive Technology

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This article is sponsored by California State University, Northridge (CSUN). The medical and rehabilitative tech is equally impressive — and arguably far more important. AT, in its most basic form, is anything that helps a person achieve enhanced performance, improved function, or accelerated access to information.

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Honda opens new Silicon Valley facility to advance connected mobility; refreshed 2016 Accord; Honda Xcelerator

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Honda’s Silicon Valley operation, which was first established in 2000, is charged with researching and prototyping innovations and harnessing new ideas and technology. Earlier post.) UNI-CUB Application Program Interface (API) launched.

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