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Ricardo TorqStor flywheel energy storage technology receives SAE 2014 World Congress Tech Award

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The Tech Award recipients were announced today by the editors of Automotive Engineering magazine, based on engineering innovation, uniqueness, potential for real-world production application and potential benefit for industry customers and end users.

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Audi sets new lap record for diesels on Sachsenring; electric compressor overcomes turbo lag, enhances sprint performance

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Audi has set a new record time on the Sachsenring for cars with a diesel engine. The Audi RS 5 TDI competition concept is based on a technical concept car that Audi presented in summer 2014 on the 25 th anniversary of the TDI engine. —Ulrich Weiß, Head of TDI Engines Development at Audi. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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The Essential Vannevar Bush

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Vannevar Bush was the first trained electrical engineer to publicly proclaim in influential circles that EE’s are one engine of innovation and the driving in digital technology. As the early the 1930s, he viewed the entrepreneur and the engineer as twin forces for progress and technological advancement.

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Tesla patent outlines system to actively monitor improper seatbelt use

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Seatbelts have saved countless lives since they were introduced, especially after Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin invented the now-ubiquitous three-point seatbelt in 1958. In the patent’s discussion, Tesla notes that the system’s controller includes an associated memory that can store data regarding the vehicle’s use.

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How Engineers at Digital Equipment Corp. Saved Ethernet

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I’ve enjoyed reading magazine articles about Ethernet’s 50th anniversary, including one in the The Institute. A solution emerges I thought that a better approach than either FDDI or a faster version of Ethernet would be to develop a LAN technology that performed store-and-forward switching.

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Help Build the Future of Assistive Technology

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A car lets you travel faster than walking; a computer lets you process data at an inhuman speed; and a search engine lets you easily find information. CSUN Master of Science in Assistive Technology Engineering. Those interested in the field typically enter biomedical engineering programs. The fully online. But that's changing.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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How 3M Became a Key Innovator in the Production of Magnetic Data Storage Now, to be clear, 3M did not invent magnetic storage—that was done by Austro-German engineer Fritz Pfleumer , in 1928. I bought them from a junk store, and maybe paid $2 for them. In the mid-1950s, 3M advertised its Scotch audio reel-to-reel tape.