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Tesla’s Safety Score system could result in unsafe driving: Consumer Reports

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While the gamification of safe driving behavior could work, the magazine argued that Tesla’s Safety Scores could also incentivize drivers to cheat the system to gain a high rating. Fisher, however, noted that gamification also has a “dark side,” which was observed by researchers at Ohio State University.

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Celebrating the Life of Columbia Professor Stephen Unger

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From Bell Labs to Columbia Unger received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1952 from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York, now the New York University Tandon School of Engineering. In 1982 the committee was granted society status as the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology.

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GeeRemit App Moves Money and Saves It Too

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magazine included her on its 2020 Top 100 Female Founders list. In addition, she is a visiting scholar at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University , in Greensboro. She applied for several grants, including a special American Express program for businesses owned by Black women.

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Learn How the President-Elect Candidates Plan to Improve IEEE

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He was granted two U.S. University of New Orleans for six years and an adjunct professor for two years. University of New Orleans for six years and an adjunct professor for two years. Grosz was also an adjunct engineering professor at Tulane University , also in New Orleans, for two years. Naval Research Laboratory.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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Frank (email: afrank@efficientdrivetrains.com) Dr. Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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Schapiro, Mark, “ Conning the Climate: Inside the Carbon-Trading Shell Game ,” Harper’s Magazine (February 2010). On 24 February 2009, the US EPA granted Renergie a first-of-its-kind waiver for the purpose of testing hydrous E10, E20, E30 & E85 ethanol blends in non-flex-fuel vehicles and flex-fuel vehicles in Louisiana.

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Finding The Wisest Ways To Global AI Regulation

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Before we launch into this episode, I’d like to let listeners know that the cost of membership in the IEEE is currently 50 percent off for the rest of the year, giving you access to perks, including Spectrum Magazine and lots of education and career resources. So go to IEEE.org/join to get started.

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