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This Community-Run Internet is Bridging the Digital Divide

Cars That Think

When an Internet connection does become available, it can be plugged into the Nimble to provide access to anyone already connected within the mesh. For those without access to a 3D printer, Wakoma partners with facilities that do, such as universities and makerspaces and fablabs, which can print and ship the components.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. In April 1999, the Israeli company M-Systems filed a patent application titled “Architecture for a Universal Serial Bus-based PC flash disk.”

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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

Green Car Congress

They are usually delivery vehicles working within a neighborhood, and are on the road for 6-8 hour a day and are recharged overnight. The low energy characteristics could impede the use of iron phosphate systems in longer range plug-ins or electric vehicles. The Edison is a 3.5 ton 100 miles+ range van and the Newton is 7.5-12

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