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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000. Despite this collaboration, Netac subsequently sought and was granted a patent on the thumb drive within China. So it’s not surprising that overlapping and competing claims surround the origin of the thumb drive.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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By the age of 12 he had moved on to electronics, building things with parts ordered from an Allied Radio Catalog, a shortwave radio kit, and surplus relays and motors salvaged from the garbage at his father’s employer, General Railway Signal Co., He started his explorations with chemistry. in Rochester, NY.

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Fathers Can Be Gender Equity Advocates

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I've spent years as a lawyer and law professor using legal tools to advance women's equality in the workplace—seeking stronger employment-discrimination laws, equal-pay practices, and family-leave policies. Is it personal? MT: My interest in engaging dads of daughters as gender equity advocates is both professional and personal.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

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Underneath, EV electrical architectures share a lot in common, and our integrations are actually very straightforward, whether it’s an aftermarket accessory as a kit or, as we’re doing with Volvo Cars, an OEM-installed solution. And the more they do that, the vehicles are actually not road-legal—they’re violating the axle weight limits.