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Paying Tribute to Former IEEE President Richard Gowen

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IEEE Foundation At the time of death, he was president and CEO of Dakota Power , a company in Rapid City, S.D., He was granted his first U.S. I know I speak for both the members of IEEE and supporters of the IEEE Foundation in extending our sincere sympathies to his family and colleagues.". patent for the technology.

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Celebrating the Life of Columbia Professor Stephen Unger

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Throughout his career, he consulted for technology companies including Bell Labs and IBM. In 1982 the committee was granted society status as the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology. In 1961 Unger left Bell Labs and joined Columbia , where he taught courses in digital systems, software, and computer theory.

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Remembering Lithium-Ion Battery Pioneer John Goodenough

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He and his colleagues were recently granted a U.S. The company originally employed the battery in its Handycam , and the lithium-ion technology soon made its way into billions of mobile phones and laptop computers. patent , shortly before his 100th birthday. While still at Oxford in 1981, Goodenough worked with Michael M.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

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Well you look at Germany and four companies vie for each roof space. He runs a company called solarsolar at solarsolar.com He wrote the bible of the industry years ago “The New Solar Electric Home” (now in its 3rd printing). It’s part of my tribute to him. We have the wherewithal. Joel Davidson would be the primary one.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Department of Energys Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant that would enable a nationwide demonstration fleet with the United States Postal Service (USPS) * Potential partnership with USPS to include infrastructure support from ConEd, Duke Energy, DTE Energy and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Washington, D.C.,

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Gallery: Plugging in at home Battery swap stations are a concept often associated with Better Place , an EV infrastructure company. Forcing companies to conform to standardized batteries prevents them from designing better cars. Companies like ECOtality are already working with Nissan, which seems to have given up on battery swapping.