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BMW showcasing urban mobility connectivity applications at ITS World Congress

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The BMW Group is showcasing developments from BMW ConnectedDrive at the ITS World Congress this week in Vienna under the slogan “BMW Urban Mobility”. This system displays parameters such as current speed, the symbols for the Traffic Light Assistant, the Collision Warning and Traffic Sign Recognition in the wind shield.

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X PRIZE Foundation Aims to Launch $100M in Prizes Over Next 10 Years, Targeting 4 Key Areas

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Clean Energy : solar/PV, wind, geothermal, hydro, tidal, biofuels. The Google Lunar X PRIZE is a $30 million international competition for the first privately funded team to land a robot on the moon, explore at least 500 meters and beam packages of high-definition video and imagery back to Earth. prosthetic eye, haptics).

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The Day the U.S. TV Industry Died

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But at about $1000, the flat tube is not a consumer product and instead is benefiting Zenith’s latest focus of interest-its relatively new and highly profitable personal computer business. Zenith introduces first microprocessor-based tuning system and first cable-ready receiver; buys Heath to get into the personal computer business.

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Oil sands GHG lifecycle study using operating data finds lower emitting oil sands cases outperform higher emitting conventional crude cases; a call for more sophisticated tools and reporting

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Tackling emissions from the personal transportation sector requires a transition to low carbon fuels/energy carriers, increasingly efficient vehicles, and changes in consumer/driver behavior. 74% of WTW emissions in our oil sands pathways. management of transport logistics on-site).

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Lotfi Zadeh and the Birth of Fuzzy Logic

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As a child, Zadeh was surrounded by governesses and tutors, while as a young adult, he had a personal servant. His choice of subject for his master’s thesis, though, marked one of the first times he would sail against the prevailing technical winds. With fuzzy sets, I can definitely say, ‘Yes.’”. I’ve never regretted the name.

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Florida has no wind turbines but it’s going to ban them anyway

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Sunbather, Daytona Beach, Florida (1985) by Library of Congress is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Florida legislature is about to ban offshore wind turbines in state waters, which wouldn’t be put there to begin with, to protect the beaches. That’s why Florida has no wind farms – either onshore or offshore. But they don’t. Absolutely.

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

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The prototype vehicle, called Project PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), is designed to ease congestion and pollution problems in cities. It is based on the Segway Personal Transporter but holds two people, instead of one, and lets them sit, instead of stand. This is a definite Lemming device.

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