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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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He was granted 107 patents in Korea and 46 U.S. In 1969 he was tasked with helping to build transmission lines in Bangladesh that connected the country’s eastern and western electrical grids. After that, Hepburn continued to work on international projects in countries including Indonesia, Nepal, and Pakistan.

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15 Graphs That Explain the State of AI in 2024

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The report notes that the variance between models is due to factors including model size, data center energy efficiency, and the carbon intensity of energy grids. However, he notes that China leads in other categories including AI patents granted and installation of industrial robots.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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For just a little more than half that amount, we could fund a fifty-fold increase in spending on R&D for the kind of game-changing technological breakthroughs—like smart grids, ultra-efficient batteries or even cheap, manageable fusion—we will need to end our addiction to fossil fuels. Act 382 is based upon the Field-to-Pump strategy.