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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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If you ask the average person what the company 3M does, odds are if they have a few gray hairs hanging out on their scalp, they might say that the company makes floppy disks. Nor was 3M the first company to popularize magnetic media— that was Ampex , which commercialized the tape recorder in the late 1940s. inch floppy.

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IEEE Honors Pioneering Engineers

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Meet the recipients of the 2022 IEEE medals, service awards, honorary membership, and corporate recognition. MADNI University of California, Los Angeles “For pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of innovative sensing and systems technologies, and for distinguished research leadership.” IEEE THEODORE W.

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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SuperTruck II builds on the successful SuperTruck I program, which has already led to more than twenty fuel saving technologies that have reached the commercial market, said Acting Assistant Secretary David Friedman. West Virginia University Research Corporation. Drive Oregon. Marathon Technical Services USA Inc.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Corporation, Columbia. Corporation). Corporation). performance to the best commercial magnets and be significantly less expensive. University of Minnesota. BCT) Metastable Fe-N Anisotropic Nanocomposite Magnet—A Path to Fabricate Rare Earth Free Magnet A joint University of Minnesota and Oak Ridge National.

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

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Corporate sponsorship for the RAR ( www. Another backup source for 240-VAC, 30-Amp power were household dryer outlets with plentiful locations being available in many residential home and commercial garages or motels across the country. The long journey over the vast U.S.