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Forget JPEG, How Would a Person Compress a Picture?

Cars That Think

We live in an age in which it's cheap to take photos but will eventually be costly to store them en masse, as backup services set limits and begin charging for overages. The reconstructions also provided valuable insight about the important visual priorities of humans. Why would I bother to do that, you ask?

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You can power your home for 21 days with a Chevy Silverado EV and GM’s new bidirectional charger

Baua Electric

At $7,299, the bundle doesn’t come cheap. Electrek ‘s Jameson Dow will demo GM Energy’s new V2H products on May 9 and will report back with insights. Your personalized solar quotes are easy to compare online and you’ll get access to unbiased Energy Advisers to help you every step of the way. Get started here. –

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Huawei’s smart car tech offers automakers route to China sales – ET Auto

Baua Electric

BOOSTING COMPETITIVENESS Huawei’s market entry has been smoothed by the sheer pace of development in the industry, with legacy automakers struggling to keep up with EV manufacturers such as BYD who are packing one-time premium features into cars as cheap as USD 20,000. ” said Evangelos Simoudis, an investor and corporate adviser.

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Nissan’s Killer EV App, the Plug-In Car That Puts the Nail in GM’s Coffin

Creative Greenius

Your Creative Greenius will be covering the 2009 Plug-In Conference coming up next week from August 10-13 and I’ll see the Leaf up close and personal and talk to the Nissan people. I look forward to bringing you my insights and analysis.

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Development of autonomous cars is steadily progressing with AI as an accelerator, says Sven Lanwer, XC expert from Bosch – ET Auto

Baua Electric

It depends on the use case and on your personal preference. You have said that it’s not very cheap to implement ADAS, especially in countries like India or developing countries like Brazil or South Africa. So, it is very individual. I would say it may also differ region to region. It depends on the use cases also.

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AlixPartners study finds post-crisis auto industry facing new set of challenges; sales projected below historical levels for foreseeable future

Green Car Congress

Meanwhile, according to an AlixPartners survey of 1,000 Americans regarding their views of the US economy and their personal economic situations, 83% said they had delayed or planned to wait at least a year to buy a vehicle. The differentiators for winning in the world we are transitioning to will be significantly different from the past.

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Failed Local Paper Put Out Of Its Misery - By Creative Greenius!

Creative Greenius

They never worked very hard and they spent way too much time making personal phone calls and just goofing off. It’s not even cheap at twenty five cents an issue. Sorry Stan, it’s nothing personal, I’m just plumb filled up in the lunatic category right now and we’ve got to let you go.