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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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His research interests included the design and fabrication of neuromorphic devices and circuits, flash memories, and silicon quantum devices. Five years after graduating in 1952, he joined utility company Hydro-Québec in Montreal as a systems design engineer. He volunteered on projects in Guatemala and Honduras.

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Move Over, Tractor—the Farmer Wants a Crop-Spraying Drone

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Today, Erickson is the CEO of Houston-based Hylio , a company that builds crop-spraying drones for farmers. One lesson was the need to build in redundant pieces of key hardware, particularly the GPS unit. Always check with the end users that what you’re building is going to be useful.” Don’t overengineer it.