Cars That Think
DECEMBER 10, 2022
Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995. Tan had filed a patent application for his invention a month before the 2000 CeBIT tech fair, but a pending patent did little to stop copycats.
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 4, 2022
What excites me is the idea of cheap and accessible hardware! The sense I’m getting is that Optimus isn’t as bad as people thought, but also, nobody [in the robotics community] is very impressed or surprised by any of the tech. The tech isn’t there for anyone. Research Specialist, MIT Media Lab. BACK TO TOP ↑ ]. Animesh Garg.
Cars That Think
MARCH 11, 2023
AC Propulsion’s president, Tom Gage, explains the company’s vehicle-to-grid technology at a 2001 conference in Seattle. Then, as electricity entrepreneurs expanded power generation and transmission capacity, they faced the new problem of what to do with all the cheap off-peak, nighttime electricity they could now produce.
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 26, 2023
When a version was leaked ahead of a major conference, things got ugly. Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Fight for Green Tech Domination Peter Adams We worry more and more about the carbon footprint of semiconductor manufacturing, but this story was actually a win for the climate.
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APRIL 16, 2009
More Miami on the cheap House prices in Miami soared, then crashed. Answer a few questions and get graded on your money skills. More Hired by Uncle Sam After serving his country, Jon Leitzinger was hired by the Federal Aviation Administration. Now buyers, like the Lamuses, are venturing back. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved.
Charged EVs
JULY 29, 2021
By far the most common example of passive humidity control is the humble packet of silica gel, which is so cheap it can be included in a disposable bag of beef jerky.
Charged EVs
DECEMBER 14, 2021
From low-tech tools such as screwdrivers and wrenches to digital constructs like computer operating systems, interoperability is critical, and the lack of it is often a roadblock to the adoption of new technologies. We were a startup company, and we sold our technology to STMicroelectronics, who produced it cheap.
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