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Overcoming Systemic Racism Through System Engineering

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In October, her second book on this work, The Social Impact Advantage , was published. Employer CapEQ Title President and CEO Alma mater Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering Boyea-Robinson helps companies, government agencies, and other organizations meet goals for diversity and equity through her consulting firm, CapEQ.

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AI Godmother Fei-Fei Li Has a Vision for Computer Vision

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Stanford University professor Fei-Fei Li has already earned her place in the history of AI. And I was also inspired by Judea Pearls ladder of causality [in his 2020 book The Book of Why ]. We are becoming more and more capable with the technology. The talk also has a subtitle, From Seeing to Doing. And it has to be 3D.

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NYU Researchers Pave the Way for Future Shared Mobility

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Department of Transportation Tier 1 University Transportation Center at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering comprised of a consortium of universities, is leading research efforts to optimize these technologies to make them effective and efficient for our lives and our environments.

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This Community-Run Internet is Bridging the Digital Divide

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When a Nimble is deployed, users can conduct video and voice chats, stream videos, share files, build and run e-learning courses and websites, create shared spreadsheets and documents, read e-books, play games, and more, completely offline. “If VPUU works to transform low-income neighborhoods into safer, more sustainable communities.

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A $275 Bus Ticket to the Hamptons

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Hamptons-bound buses will pick up passengers at only one location in Manhattan: Hudson Yards , the neighborhood of luxury apartment buildings, stores and office towers occupied by technology companies like Meta and financial firms like BlackRock and Point 72. Operations will start just before Memorial Day weekend and run into the fall.

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Cupcake A.T.M.s and Fire Pits: What You Love at the Airport

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Read a book, catch a movie Some airports offer a dose of art, music and literature. Sometimes I look at their books, sometimes not, but it’s a part of the airport that never feels rushed.” The university says its cheese will last indefinitely if refrigerated.) Here’s a list that might make your next layover actually enjoyable.

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Univ of Utah studies find up to 27 seconds of mental distraction for drivers after using new hands-free technologies

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Potentially unsafe mental distractions for drivers can persist for as long as 27 seconds after dialing, changing music or sending a text using voice commands, according to a pair of new studies for the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety by University of Utah researchers. Listening to a book on tape rated mild distraction at 1.7.

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