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Remembering Data Compression Pioneer K. R. Rao

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DCT technology reduces the amount of data required to display, store, and transmit images by identifying parts of the image that contain significant amounts of energy—the ones that are most important to retaining image quality. He was a visiting professor at universities in Australia, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Thailand.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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That device, now known by a variety of names—including memory stick, USB stick, flash drive, as well as thumb drive—changed the way computer files are stored and transferred. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks. It was called the ThumbDrive.

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Video Friday: Autonomous Car Drifting, Aerial-Aquatic Drone, and Jet-Powered Robot

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Samuel Au from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, and Multiscale Medical Robotics Centre, Hong Kong. AngGo is a personal mobility device that is suitable for the movement of passengers in huge indoor spaces such as convention centers or airports. Abstract: In nature, living creatures show versatile behaviors.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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A thinking person should ask, “How did the Leaf owner travel the unaccounted miles, the ones that were not e-miles?” In addition, huge energy storage farms using lithium and other chemical-based batteries are being proposed to store the excess wind and solar energy in order to supply electric demand continuously without interruption.

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