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

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The time was right because of the imminence of three hardware developments: the first low-cost, bit-mapped personal computer, the first low-cost laser printer, and a decline in price of high-density memory chips. As noted earlier, one was a cheap laser printer. Today, even Hewlett-Packard Co. New York, 1985).

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A Quantum of Sensing—Atomic Scale Bolsters New Sensor Boom

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However, whereas quantum computers strive to overcome this weakness , quantum sensors capitalize on this vulnerability to achieve extraordinary sensitivity to the slightest disturbances to the environment. The above quantum sensor for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus uses only low-cost materials.

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

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You waste a little bit of silicon, but silicon’s pretty cheap. Not only were development costs absorbed in company overhead, but there was no markup to pay, as there would have been inf the chips had been built by another company. When the design of the Commodore 64 began, the overriding goals were simplicity and low cost.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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That agreement calls for a program that will cover nearly 90 percent of the region’s greenhouse gas emissions when it is fully implemented (commonly referred to as an economy-wide program). The WCI released a design document laying out its basic program parameters in September 2008. Issues Regional Cap-and-Trade Programs Must Address.

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