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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Even in his home of Singapore, few people know of Tan or Trek. Today it is familiar worldwide. Why aren’t they more famous?

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Lyft and nuTonomy form strategic R&D partnership to optimize passenger experience in self-driving cars

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Flynn Marine Park and the adjacent Seaport and Fort Point neighborhoods. Through its testing program in Boston, nuTonomy is building on the knowledge it has gained from the road tests and public trials it has been conducting in Singapore’s one-north business district since last August. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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Studies conducted in other countries, such as China and Singapore, have arrived at similar results. International regulatory frameworks must therefore not only protect supply chains from disruption but also protect human rights and the environment. passenger-vehicle fleet by 2050—some 350 million vehicles.