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MIT CSAIL, Cornell study finds rides-sharing theoretically could cut taxi traffic in NYC by 75%

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A new modeling study by a team from MIT CSAIL (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) and Cornell suggests that using ride-sharing from companies like Uber and Lyft theoretically could reduce the number of taxis on the road in New York City by 75% without significantly impacting travel time.

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The Man Who Coined The Word "Robot" Defends Himself

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It was performed in New York City the next year, and by the year after that, it had been translated into 30 languages. Published by The MIT Press. Copyright © 2024 MIT. If not, you should be—he’s the guy who (along with his brother Josef) invented the word “robot.” Excerpted from R.U.R. All rights reserved.

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From EE to VC: Eileen Tanghal's Journey

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In 2022, Black Opal, based in New York City, expanded to managing a fund that invests other people’s and institutions’ money, primarily funding startups in health care and life sciences. A diverse workforce, says Tanghal, produces the most inclusive and most profitable products and services.

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Virtual Reality Helps Students Improve Their Math Literacy

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She also served in executive positions in Boston public schools , New York City public schools , and Success Academy charter schools, also in New York City. Traveling and having a personal connection to Prisms VR customers,” she says, “has been really valuable in designing and updating the modules.”

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Ford opening up Silicon Valley research lab

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Ford Motor Company plans to open a Silicon Valley-based Research Lab—its first dedicated R&D office on the west coast—to scout for new technology and to find new partners to innovate personal mobility solutions for the future.

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Lotfi Zadeh and the Birth of Fuzzy Logic

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As a child, Zadeh was surrounded by governesses and tutors, while as a young adult, he had a personal servant. New York City, summer of 1944 Patents One U.S. MIT didn’t have many graduate students at the time,” Zadeh recalled, “so it was fairly easy to get in, even though the University of Teheran had no track record.”.

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Ford takes OpenXC research platform global, engaging local developers for market-specific connected vehicle apps in India

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OpenXC is an open-source hardware and software platform developed by Ford Research and Innovation and New York City-based Bug Labs. At NASSCOM, Ford is demonstrating an app created by HCL that would allow a driver to provide selected personal contacts with an automatic location update during that driver’s travels.

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