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The Relay That Changed the Power Industry

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Department of Defense at Fort Meade, in Maryland. I am so proud that our 6,000-plus-person company is 100 percent employee-owned,” Schweitzer says. “We He says he was introduced to signal processing, signal analysis, and how to use digital techniques in 1968 while at his first job, working for the U.S. It is now part of SEL.

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Regulatory & Legal Alerts – Dec. 2017

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The following includes recaps of the most significant updates impacting the screening industry in recent weeks. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined J.P. million for failing to conduct “timely or adequate background checks” on approximately 8,600, or 95%, of its non-registered associated persons. California.

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Stellantis Limiting Availability of Gasoline Models by State Emission Rules

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While the rules exceed federal standards, they’ve been embraced by coastal regions and beginning to influence how the industry does business.& Voters don’t typically have a say in these sorts of regulations beyond electing the person that signs off. & For Stellantis brands (e.g.

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Driving Dystopia: Judge Dismisses Automotive Privacy Lawsuit

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Despite years of the industry downplaying data harvesting as simple telematics analysis that can be used to help troubleshoot designs and establish better maintenance routines, it has been revealed that modern automobiles likely have the worst user privacy practices imaginable. But little has been done to directly combat the issue.

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Local Motors debuts first self-driving vehicle using IBM Watson Internet of Things for Automotive

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Passengers can also ask for recommendations on local destinations such as popular restaurants or historical sites based on analysis of personal preferences. or specific vehicle functions (“how does this feature work?” or even “are we there yet?”). —Harriet Green, General Manager, IBM Watson Internet of Things, Commerce & Education.

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High School Students Built This iPhone App for the Visually Impaired

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Blind Industries and Services of Maryland , a not-for-profit organization in Baltimore that provides training and career resources to the state’s visually impaired. They also consulted with Blind Industries and. National Industries for the Blind , an employment placement service in Baltimore for the visually impaired.

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Can Wearables "Testify" Against Their Owners?

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Two recent court decisions—one a civil case over an allegedly defective anatomical implant, the other a murder in rural Wisconsin—are the latest in a string of decisions confirming wearables data is fair game and can be pivotal in exposing a wrongdoing or exonerating an innocent person. What happens then? What is it really telling us?"

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