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Study finds ride-sharing companies biggest contributors to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco

Green Car Congress

Researchers from the University of Kentucky and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority have determined that, contrary to the concept and vision, transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft are the biggest contributor to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco. Erhardt et al.

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Battle of the (Anti-Nausea) Bands

Cars That Think

I'm not going to say any more than that right now, but we are planning to come to CES 2022 with maybe a concept or two. Though the architecture of the app does not mandate the company seek FDA regulatory approval from a legal standpoint, Bucklin said they will still need to figure out how to offer compelling evidence it works and works well.

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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

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Concepts such as “brain data” need to be clarified, critics say, because a broad definition could include behavioral data that reflects what’s going on in a person’s mind, which many companies already collect. Legal scholars working with the NeuroRights Foundation say the right to mental privacy is under the most imminent threat.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

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from the University of Utah , joined the center in 1978, he immediately began work on a new printer protocol. from the University of Utah , joined the center in 1978, he immediately began work on a new printer protocol. Gee,’ I said, ‘A secret standard—I find this a hard concept to understand.’” had taught him where to start.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

As for warranties , there is legal precedent that original auto warranties cannot be voided completely by modifications — only the part(s) affected by retrofit will have their warranties affected. is Hymotions San Francisco-based distributor/installer. Hybrid Center at the University of California-Davis : under Prof.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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His passion for the field led him from New York City’s used electronics stores to elite university laboratories, through the intense early years of the microprocessor revolution and the tumult of the video game industry, and ultimately to his job today: high-tech private eye. While working toward his Ph.D. Date of birth Oct. MS, 1959, Ph.D.,

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