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How the Computer Graphics Industry Got Started at the University of Utah

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Their groundbreaking research, conducted at the University of Utah , in Salt Lake City, and at their company, Evans and Sutherland , helped jump-start the computer graphics industry. The IEEE Utah Section sponsored the nomination. IEEE Milestone Dedication: Utah Computer Graphics youtu.be thesis in 1963 at MIT.

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DOE, DOT collaborate to improve public transportation efficiency and effectiveness using data and technology

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The recipients of the cooperative research grants are Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Chattanooga Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA), and Utah State University. The MIT project will conduct field experiments to demonstrate the mobility and energy efficiency impacts in Boston and Chicago.

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Exascale Computing Project (ECP) announces $39.8M in first-round application development awards

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DOE, the Department of Defense and the National Science Foundation have been designated as NSCI lead agencies, and ECP is the primary DOE contribution to the initiative. Coupled Monte Carlo Neutronics and Fluid Flow Simulation of Small Modular Reactors, Thomas Evans (ORNL, PI) with ANL, INL, MIT.

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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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Catmull and Blanchard had been involved with software designed to build 3D geometric objects at the University of Utah. This division was charged with computerizing editing, sound design and mixing, special effects, and accounting for the company's books, as if this fourth challenge would be as difficult as the other three.

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The Tremendous VR and CG Systems—of the 1960s

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from MIT in 1963. www.youtube.com As an undergraduate engineering student at Carnegie Tech (today’s Carnegie Mellon University), and then as a graduate student at Caltech (before he moved to MIT after one year), Sutherland continued to design and build more advanced light-seeking robots. At MIT, Sutherland met with Wesley A.

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Behind the Wheel, Under the Hood of Rivian's R1T

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Scaringe—a bespectacled mechanical engineer with a PhD from MIT—a billionaire by the age of 38. Starting well-equipped from $68,575, which is in line with prices for loaded, gasoline-powered light-duty pickups, the Rivian is a relative powerhouse of design, innovation and all-around capability.

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