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The Real Story of Pixar

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Rather, the original spark often comes from a university lab , a renegade group at a large company, or a hobbyist building stuff for fun. That kind of computing power was not affordable in the mid-1970s. Catmull and Blanchard had been involved with software designed to build 3D geometric objects at the University of Utah.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. Charging infrastructure financing: Unlocking Up $4.5 Among the actions announced are: Unlocking up to $4.5 Westar Energy.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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Structured VLSI design, now taught in more than 100 universities. And unlike university research laboratories, PARC had one unifying vision: it would develop “the architecture of information.” Pake was executive vice chancellor, provost, and professor of physics at Washington University in St. Laser printers.

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