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The Cold War Arms Race Over Prosthetic Arms

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Left: MIT Museum; Right: Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard University Instead, it was Russian scientist Alexander Kobrinski who debuted the first clinically significant myoelectric prosthesis in 1960. A search of the MIT Museum’s database came up empty (no known example of the hearing glove exists), but I did find the entry on the Boston Arm.

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The Real Story of Pixar

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But with Moore's Law cranking along at a steady pace, there was every reason to think that the cost of computing power would come down sufficiently within a decade or so. Catmull and Blanchard had been involved with software designed to build 3D geometric objects at the University of Utah. George and Marcia Lucas divorced in 1983.

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50 Years Later, We’re Still Living in the Xerox Alto’s World

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Licklider, long a prominent evangelist for personal, interactive, networked computing through his roles at MIT, Bolt Beranek & Newman (a contract research company deeply involved in building the Internet, now Raytheon BBN), ARPA, IBM, and numerous professional organizations. The two were disciples of J.C.R.

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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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that substantially reduce costs of the motor. the cost of wind turbines and electric vehicles by developing a. potential to substantially reduce the costs of an electric. If successful, this technology will enable low cost and efficient. University of Utah. University of Utah). Pacific Northwest. Arlington).

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ARPA-E selects 33 projects for $66M in awards; advanced biocatalysts for gas-to-liquids and lightweight metals

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This program aims to lower the cost of GTL conversion while enabling the use of low-cost, low-carbon, domestically sourced natural gas. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will develop a comprehensive process to directly convert methane into a usable transportation fuel in a single step. University of Utah.

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