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Making driving less energy-intensive than flying

Green Car Congress

Currently, the energy intensity (BTU per person mile) of driving is 57% greater than that of flying, according to a new analysis by Dr. Michael Sivak, Director, Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). persons to at least 2.3 persons to at least 2.3

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In 1961, the First Robot Arm Punched In

Cars That Think

Meanwhile, Engelberger was pursuing a more traditional corporate career. At the time, many workers worried that their jobs would be replaced by robots, so Engelberger took pains to make the Unimate seem personable. The first Kawasaki-Unimate 2000 was completed in 1969 and cost 12 million yen per unit.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

Cars That Think

CCD area image sensor that greatly improved low-light detection and the first two-phase CCD linear image sensor —which, he reported, guaranteed “the ease of use and the high quality of image reproduction.” During the third period, from 2000 on, industry seized the helm of semiconductor development. Chang Hae-Ja. Legend and Legacy.

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The New Supersonic Boom

Cars That Think

Piloting the bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane in 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first person to exceed the speed of sound while in horizontal flight. Fourteen production aircraft were manufactured, but one was scrapped in 1994 and another crashed in 2000.). Everett Collection/Alamy. Boom Supersonic.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

The second copy set you gave us is a little light. When I got back from Japan in 2000 I didn’t want to start a computer business. In 2000 there couldn’t have been too many old timers in the solar industry. You pay your corporate taxes on-line. People will turn their lights and quit bleeping reading!

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The Future of the Transistor Is Our Future

Cars That Think

With its potential for societal, economic, and personal upheaval, climate change calls for tools that give us humans orders-of-magnitude more capability. In contrast, the energy efficiencies of most other technologies, such as motors and lighting, are already at 30 to 80 percent of their theoretical limits.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

He went on to own a Rover 2000, which was the most handsome looking car of its time. In the early 2000s he picked up his first electric car - the Revai. The last 5% takes much more time - and so if you have another person behind you, you are not expected to do a full charge. And is currently sold only to corporates.

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