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The First Digital Camera Was The Size of a Toaster

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Registration is open ; guests can attend in person or virtually. And cameras are present in almost every type of environment, including in our own homes.” Although the CCDs could capture an image, they couldn’t store it. He designed it so each tape would store 30 images. The image was then transferred to the cassette.

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Security With a Spectrometer

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What if it could be used to unlock the phone by scanning, say, one’s skin tone—or rather, personal spectral signature? By modifying the text output initiated after a button press, it can send a stored password. It would also have to be something I’d consistently have on my person. So how might a smartphone use a spectrometer?

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Road Test: 2024 Ford Maverick Lariat FWD Hybrid

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One motor is for driving power, while the other is to start the engine, charge the battery and enables the regenerative braking that converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the battery when applying the brakes or coasting. The EPA has rated the 2024 Maverick Hybrid fuel economy at 42 mpg city/33 highway and 37 combined.

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From Home Brew to Hasbro

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They were not widely used, but for some reason the surplus store had a big box of them. We were invited out to Hasbro corporate headquarters in Rhode Island to give a presentation to the engineering team about what we could do. for “Automated Music Personality,” or AMPbot for short. The product was to be named A.M.P.,

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A Smart Artificial Pancreas Could Conquer Diabetes

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A person who requires insulin must walk a tightrope. If it falls too low, the person may faint; if it rises too high and stays elevated for too long, the person may go into a coma. Abbott and Dexcom soon followed with devices presenting glucose data in real time. Then there are the many, many DIY projects underway.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

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