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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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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. But Trek 2000 hardly became a household name. This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000.

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The President-Elect Candidates’ Plans to Further IEEE’s Mission

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IEEE Fellow Mary Ellen Randall Mary Ellen Randall Nominated by the IEEE Board of Directors Randall founded Ascot Technologies in 2000 in Cary, N.C. As the 2016–2017 vice president of IEEE Educational Activities, he championed several successful programs including the IEEE Learning Network and the IEEE TryEngineering Summer Institute.

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Remembering Roberto Saracco, President of EIT Digital

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In 2017 and 2018 he served as head of EIT’s Industrial Doctoral School , headquartered in Palaiseau, France. He authored or coauthored more than 100 papers and 14 books, including The Disappearance of Telecommunications , published in 2000 by IEEE Press. Roberto had a unique talent for recognizing and valuing the best in each person.

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Human Horizons aims to be more than just an EV startup in China

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We met in the early 2000’s when he was design director at the Pan-Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC), the SAIC-GM joint venture design and engineering center in Shanghai. Human Horizons was “officially sanctioned” on December 12, 2017, but “we were working before that, he says. Connections matter. Active-agility concept.

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The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet

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The Mirai botnet exploited vulnerable Internet of Things devices, such as Web-connected video cameras, ones that supported Telnet, an outdated system for logging in remotely. In April 2000, MafiaBoy was arrested and charged, and in January 2001 he pled guilty to 58 charges of denial-of-service attacks.

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BMW Group launches high performance D3 platform: data-driven development for autonomous driving

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There is a 96 x 100Gbps connection between the BMW Group High Performance D3 platform and the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) stations located at the BMW Group Autonomous Driving Campus. In autumn 2017 the first group of engineers moved into the new building, which celebrated its official opening in April 2018. autonomous—driving.

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