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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

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He was a theoretical guy, on leave from the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a stint at the nearby research-and-development company Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN). The ARPANET Is Born Kahn wasn’t the only one thinking about connecting disparate computers in the 1960s. He simply found the problem interesting.

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Rivian introduces two quad-motor, AWD “Electric Adventure Vehicles”

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The R1T, a 5-passenger pickup truck, made its debut at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles on 26 November and the R1S, a 7-passenger SUV, was revealed at the automaker’s press conference at Automobility on 27 November. Connectivity and Digital Experience. The company’s 2.6-million-square-foot

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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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University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Development of a Dedicated, High-Value Biofuels Crop The University of Massachusetts, Amherst will develop an. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. conferring hydrocarbon biosynthesis, enhanced carbon. Massachusetts. Lead organization. Description.

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Inside the Global Race to Tap Potent Offshore Wind

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The consortium has already secured connections to the grid, and Ideol has secured 34 hectares east of Inverness to manufacture its platforms. He envisioned a tetherless, self-propelled floating platform that would capture wind power, use it to generate hydrogen, and store that fuel for delivery to shore. wind-power industry.)

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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A memory capable of storing all the information for a single video frame; the contents of a frame buffer can be controlled by special software to produce or modify images. A high-speed network that connects computers, printers, and other peripherals in an office or building. Frame buffer. Local area network.

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