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From Cleaning Offices to Designing EV Charging Stations

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Greta Bekerytė started out cleaning offices and ended up designing electronics for EV charging stations. For her contributions to the field, in 2022 she was selected as one of the Top Women in EV by the organizers of the EV Summit , a leading global e-mobility event. It wasn’t easy. Do what you love,” she says. she says. “So

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Where the President-Elect Candidates Stand on Key Issues

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Two virtual events were held in June and July for members to get to know the four candidates running for 2023 IEEE president-elect. Both events are available on demand on IEEE.tv. Section that is working to incentivize the chapters to add more female speakers at their events. President Ray Liu asked Thomas M.

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Ukrainian Volunteers Use 3D Printers to Save Lives

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Thanks to these communication systems and volunteer centers, it was possible to supply personal protective equipment (like face shields ) for physicians and social workers. 3D Tech ADDtive Other volunteers also joined the modernization and implementation of computer-aided designs with publicly available 3D models for printing.

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Road Test: 2022 Ford Maverick XL FWD EcoBoost

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The Maverick EcoBoost was not designed to be a heavy-duty work truck, but more for the weekend warrior/home owner doing DIY projects or used for active lifestyles for activities such as biking and kayaking. There is rear under-seat storage, and a clever design on the front doors to accommodate a large drink bottle or cup.

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Andrew Leland on Assistive Tech for the Blind

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So, who better to have written the newly released book The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight , which presents a history of blindness that touches on events and advances in social, political, artistic, and technological realms? Everything that a sighted person can see visually, you can hear aurally with a screen reader.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I suspect that the correct plug will be of a twist-lock design as is typical of many higher voltage and amperage plugs used in commercial service and for industrial equipment. Perhaps you should have checked that before posting. as stated. 5 Clayton B. Cornell said on April 20th, 2009 at 4:43 am Emily, thanks for spell checking for us.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The nonprofit CalCars does conversions to demonstrate new designs and provide a platform for different batteries; we dont sell conversions. We have sponsored the EAA-PHEV project and our Open-Source designs are being used by some of the private companies as well as technically advanced individuals.

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