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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

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The time was right because of the imminence of three hardware developments: the first low-cost, bit-mapped personal computer, the first low-cost laser printer, and a decline in price of high-density memory chips. Such an architecture stores data as it is received, stacking it like a pile of books. Then Canon Inc.,

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PNNL study outlines requirements for grid storage, reviews four electrochemical energy storage systems: vanadium redox flow, Na-beta, Li-ion and lead-carbon

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The percentages are higher in Europe and Japan, at 10% and 15%, respectively, largely because of favorable economics and government policies.) To smooth out the intermittency of renewable energy production, low-cost electrical energy storage (EES) will become necessary. Credit: ACS, Yang et al. Click to enlarge.

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U.S. Commercial Drone Delivery Comes Closer

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That includes a handful of countries in Africa, as well as Japan and Europe. In the industry referred to as a fixed-wing aircraft. Your range and long range and low cost. And a fixed-wing aircraft over something that can hover has something like an 800% advantage in range and cost. Wyrobek: Yeah, absolutely.

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

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When the design of the Commodore 64 began, the overriding goals were simplicity and low cost. The initial production cost of the Commodore 64 was targeted at $130; it turned out to be $135. There were additional VIC-20 assembly facilities in Japan, where the disk drive for the C-64 was to be manufactured.

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Designing the First Apple Macintosh: The Engineers’ Story

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make a low-cost “appliance”-type computer that would be as easy to use as a toaster. Generally, a multitasking operating system tracks the progress of each of the programs it is running and then stores the entire state of each program—the values of its variables, the location of the program counter, and so on.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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BYD makes about 80% of Motorolas RAZR handsets, as well as batteries for iPods and iPhones and low-cost computers, including the model distributed by Nicholas Negropontes One Laptop per Child nonprofit based in Cambridge, Mass. "Importing batteries from Japan was very expensive," Wang says.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost. DaimlerChrysler has presented plug-in hybrids in commercial vans that have enough room to store the batteries, but the technology is not quite ripe for cars."Plug-in as well as Honda Motor Co.

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