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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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military during the war, and the company revisited the idea immediately after. Audio Magazine/Internet Archive /Scotch As Smithsonian Magazine notes , the formulation he developed, combining cabinetmaker’s glue with glycerin, proved to be just the right level of easy-to-remove adhesive that it became an out-and-out phenomenon.

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AI Is Helping to Stop Animal Poaching and Food Insecurity

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For Fang’s work in the field, she was named one of IEEE Intelligent Systems magazine ’s “ AI’s 10 to Watch in 2020.”. Fang and her research team at Carnegie Mellon’s Institute for Software Research are developing an algorithm to help 412 Food Rescue increase the pickup rate of good but unsellable food from grocery stores.

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Seasonal Tips: Getting the Best Range from Your EV

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According to a Consumer Reports experiment , the magazine staff found that EVs can lose a significant amount of battery power during colder months. It’s wise to keep your EV stored in an insulated garage to ensure its range is not negatively affected. It’s generally a good idea to cool your EV when its battery is charging.

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10 Lessons From the Legacy of Apple’s Steve Jobs

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By staying focused on new ideas that no other company was working on, Jobs was able to create a vision, develop novel products within that vision, and then do it again and again. On its 25 October 2005 cover, Time magazine hailed Jobs as "the man who always seems to know what's next." Media News Group/Getty Images.

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The Essential Vannevar Bush

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His “As We May Think” article, for the July 1945 issue of The Atlantic magazine, envisioned a desktop computer and a “web” of “associative trails” that no less than the founders of Google cite as the inspiration for today’s information science and the Internet. Quote #11 comes from NYT, Jan 9, 1947, “Push-Button Ideas of War Hit by Bush.”.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

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A Bright IDEA BY SARAH A. will be unveiling its IDEA, a 100 miles-per-gallon plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. They reality always seems to be just a few years away, the magazine complained.

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Help Build the Future of Assistive Technology

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To give you an idea, this year's attendees included Google, Microsoft, Hulu, Amazon, and the Central Intelligence Agency. So, what does the future have in store for AT? Wired Magazine refers to this layered reality as the "Mirrorworld." CSUN, it should be noted, is no newcomer to the field. The Future of Assistive Technology.

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