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IEEE STEM Activity Kits Are In Demand at 150 U.S. Public Libraries

Cars That Think

More than 150 public libraries throughout the central United States now lend out activity kits that let children explore just about any aspect of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The kits teach youngsters what engineers do, as well as how to code, build robots, design video games, and create animations.

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Used Car of the Day: 2001 Lamborghini Diablo

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It also has a manual transmission, a $20K luggage set, tool kit, seat covers, and two factory keys. There's a complete list of work and mods here at the listing. Speaking of listing, well, the price is. New tires were installed last year, and a $32,000 (!) service was recently done. not cheap.

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Alaska Air Group collaborating with ZeroAvia to develop hydrogen powertrain for 76-seat zero-emission aircraft

Green Car Congress

Alaska is also joining the list of top investors for the company, alongside a fellow Seattle-based Amazon Climate Pledge Fund and Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures. ZeroAvia will also work closely with aircraft regulators during this project to ensure the aircraft meets both safety and operational requirements.

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2020 Toyota Yaris Hatchback to debut at New York show; 40 mpg highway

Green Car Congress

There’s even a first aid kit. Both the LE and XLE grades are equipped with navigation hardware; the customer simply needs to buy the accessory SD card through a Toyota dealer to activate navigation capability.

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Used Car of the Day: 1978 Unimog CASE 406 Turbo

The Truth About Cars

This rig has been turbocharged -- in fact, let me list the mods below. Direct from the seller: Below is a list of the work recently done. Today we go with another unique find -- we're featuring a 1978 Unimog CASE 406 Turbo. Oh, and the heater doesn't work.

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Ford OpenXC platform out of beta; open-source hardware and software platform

Green Car Congress

By connecting cars and trucks to wireless networks, and giving unheard-of access to vehicle data, entirely new application categories and hardware modules can be explored—safety, energy efficiency, sharing, health; the list goes on. OpenXC gives developers and researchers the tools they need to get involved.

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2027 Slate Truck Previewed: Both Inspired And Inane

The Truth About Cars

Customers will reportedly have a long list of visual customization options, which will be handy since Slate only plans on selling the pickup with a grey plastic body. This is said to include lowering kits, lift kits to pair with gnarly tires, caps to SUV-ify the pickup, and even the absent electric windows or central touchscreen.

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