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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

Cars That Think

Brooks, who is now working on his third robotics startup, Robust.AI , has written hundreds of articles and half a dozen books and was featured in the motion picture Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. When are we going to have full (level-5) self-driving cars? I think the Level-2 and Level-3 stuff in cars is amazingly good now.

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A Cheapskate in Monterey

Baua Electric

In January, a quiet and thrifty time of year, I trusted parks and preserves, unsung hotels and small businesses to keep things economical, even if sampling the variety of Monterey — ranging from historic cities to redwood forests, tide pools and vineyards — required renting a car ($175).

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Opinon: Lithium Market Set To Explode; All Eyes Are On Nevada

Green Car Congress

These batteries make smartphones, laptops, tablets, electric cars and even solar energy practical.”. The lithium, found in salty water, or brines, is the most cost-effective on the market; it’s cheap and easy to extract, giving competing battery gigafactories new, affordable American lithium resources that will be a global game-changer.

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Remembering the Legacy of Trailblazing Technologist Gordon Moore

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His original hypothesis, published in a 1965 Electronics magazine article , was that the number of transistors would double each year. So I wrote the article to try to get the point across: This is the way the industry is going to get things really cheap.” His projection came true over the decade that followed.

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Volvo S40 takes Green Car of the Year title

Green Cars News

The race to be named green car of the year 2009 is over and the winner is… the Volvo S40. The vehicle beat out 23 other contenders to the top accolade at the What Car? The British-built MINI Cooper S for example, earned the title ‘greenest sports car’ while the BMW 318d was the best green executive car.

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When They Electrified Christmas

Cars That Think

Whether for religious or secular celebrations, the variety and functionality of lights have exploded in recent years, abetted by cheap and colorful LEDs and compact electronics. advertised "Winking Fairy Lights for Christmas Trees" in Hardware Dealers' Magazine. In much of the world, December is a month of twinkling lights. of Chicago.

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Stopping Infection Outbreaks with AI and Big Data

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I was surprised by the result, but when you think about it, whole-genome sequencing is relatively cheap. Fixing the Future is brought to you by IEEE Spectrum magazine and sponsored by COMSOL , makers of mathematical modeling software and a longtime supporter of IEEE Spectrum as a way to connect and communicate with engineers.