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Alberta to Host Underground Coal Gasification Demo; Update on Linc Chinchilla UCG In Australia

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The deep formations could also store carbon dioxide after the coal is turned into gas. In 2007, BP and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have signed a technical agreement to work cooperatively on the development of UCG technology for the in-situ conversion of coal deposits into fuels and other products. Earlier post.).

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

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You were just trying to figure out how to enable conversations.” They also began working on the concept of “Knowbots,” mobile software programs that could collect and store information to be used to handle distributed tasks on a network. 1962 and Ph.D. Bob Kahn graduated from high school in 1955.

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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. and had heard Hoff might be interested in a job.

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