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How Vannevar Bush Engineered the 20th Century

Cars That Think

To this day, Bush’s article—titled “As We May Think”—and his subsequent elaborations of networked information appliances are credited with shaping what would become the personal computer and the World Wide Web. The Atlantic Monthly And yet, if you watched this year’s Oscar-winning Oppenheimer , Bush is only a minor character.

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Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine Turns 200

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Babbage set to work on the concept for a Difference Engine, a machine that would use a clockwork mechanism to solve polynomial equations. That is, he wanted to build a full-scale Difference Engine. His magnificent Difference Engine proved far more difficult to build than his note suggested. Difference Engine No.

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High-Performance Data, Signal, and Power Solutions for the Most Advanced Vehicles

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This sponsored article is brought to you by TE Automotive. Staying ahead of the curve in the ever-changing automotive landscape — no matter the vehicle powertrain — requires reliable, precision-engineered connectivity solutions and a trusted engineering partner you can count on.

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CES 2024: This Automaker Is Launching a New EV Series

The Truth About Cars

Space Hub Concept - Photo credit: Honda Honda announced the upcoming launch of the Honda 0 Series, a new electric vehicle (EV) series set for release in North America in 2026, with subsequent introductions planned for other global markets. This article was co-written using AI and was then heavily edited and optimized by our editorial team.

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MIT analysis finds current EVs could replace ~90% of personal vehicles now on the road based on driver’s energy consumption

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A study by a team at MIT has concluded that roughly 90% of the personal vehicles on the road in the US could be replaced by an electric vehicle available on the market today, even if the cars can only charge overnight. Together, the two datasets encompass millions of trips made by drivers all around the country. —Jessika Trancik.

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How an Electrical Engineer Solved Australia’s Most Famous Cold Case

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These speculations aside, the idea that a person could simply die in plain view and without friends or family was shocking. My one great advantage has been my access to students and to scientific instruments at the University of Adelaide, where I am a professor of electrical and electronic engineering.

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Newest Mouser series explains zonal architectures for software-defined vehicles – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

The latest installment explores design concepts, virtualization and future use cases enabled by zonal architectures. This approach offers improved reliability, increased performance and longer lifespans for cars, and can open up new possibilities for automotive design and engineering. “In