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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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That was the first time he had met a person with a limb difference. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 2007 from Loyola University in Chicago. Two years later he was accepted into the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. MAKING PROSTHETIC LIMBS ACCESSIBLE. and a Ph.D.

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See & test drive your favorite EVs at Drive Electric Earth Month, thru April

Baua Electric

Here’s a sample of some of the events happening this month: DRIVE Electric: Three Rivers Tribes Chapter Kickoff in Fort McDowell, Scottsdale and Chandler, AZ, a three-part event around Phoenix which will include two drives between the three stages of the event. April 14, 12pm-2pm. Each event has a different assortment of activities (e.g.

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The Relay That Changed the Power Industry

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Schweitzer III invented the digital microprocessor-based relay as part of his doctoral thesis. Schweitzer III Employer: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Title: President and CTO Member grade: Life Fellow Alma maters: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.; Northeast and Ontario, Canada,” he recalls. I couldn’t put it down.

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From Fixing Farm Equipment to Becoming a Director at 3M

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During the day he installed telecommunication equipment for Michigan Bell , a subsidiary of AT&T, and at night he attended the Lawrence Institute of Technology (now Lawrence Technological University ), in Southfield, outside of Detroit. After he was discharged, he continued his education at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

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MIT study says combustion emissions cause ~200,000 premature deaths/year in US; vehicles and power generation top sources

Green Car Congress

Barrett says that a person who dies from an air pollution-related cause typically dies about a decade earlier than he or she otherwise might have. Pollution from industrial activities was highest in the Midwest, roughly between Chicago and Detroit, as well as around Philadelphia, Atlanta and Los Angeles. —Caiazzo et al.

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The Cheesy Charm of the Clapper

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In the 1990s, he became known for his long-running legal battle against Universal Manufacturing Corp. Often a person must walk across a room to retrieve the remote control unit, and frequently it may be misplaced, which, at best, requires extra time and effort to find.” Pedott was born in Chicago in 1932 into the Great Depression.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

For her car sharing had subcategories of: Car sharing is expanding our mobility Roundtrip One-Way Personal Vehicle Sharing (which can include fractional ownership models) Then there’s scooter sharing and bike sharing (also with subcategories of public, closed campus and peer-to-peer [P2P]). However, the company pulled the plug on U.S.

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