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AI Tool for COVID Monitoring Offers Solution for Urban Congestion

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In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020, many research groups sought an effective method to determine mobility patterns and crowd densities on the streets of major cities like New York City to give insight into the effectiveness of stay-at-home and social distancing strategies.

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Granville T. Woods: Smartest Guy in the Room

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Despite his brilliance and relentless industry, Woods is mostly referred to—that is, when he is remembered at all—as “Black Edison.” I think Woods clearly recognized ‘No, I’m the smartest person in the room. I think Woods clearly recognized ‘No, I’m the smartest person in the room. You can say, ‘Oh, that person did that.’

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A Giant Game of Telephone: The Revel Tesla Model Y Taxi Situation Explained

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Each week I go ‘Beyond the News’ and handcraft a special edition that includes my thoughts on the biggest stories, why it matters, and how it could impact the future. The company has 50 Model Y taxis ready to take on the streets of Manhattan and the other boroughs of New York.

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Why Are We Still Doing What Simon Says?

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After a few more tweaks—including making the plastic case round and adding three levels of difficulty— Simon was launched in May 1978 at Studio 54 in New York City. In 1979, for example, Milton Bradley released Super Simon , a two-player game that tested which person could repeat the sequence faster.

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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. The reference host device is a standard Android device that supports the Android Platform version 3.1 The app can also notify the driver’s family following a safe arrival after a road trip.

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Zapping the Brain and Nerves Could Treat Long COVID

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The woman was part of a wave of people who started turning up at NYU's neurology clinic in the late spring of 2020, several months after the first wave of COVID-19 cases hit New York City. To make matters worse, doctors had little to offer these patients. “We Researchers Step Up.

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Asad Madni and the Life-Saving Sensor

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In 1966 he moved to the United States to study electronics at the RCA Institutes in New York City, a school created in the early 1900s to train wireless operators and technicians. “I I wanted to be an engineer who would invent things,” Madni says, “one who would do things that would eventually affect humanity.