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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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The Mythical Non-Roboticist

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The second time I heard someone mention it, I thought, “That’s strange, these two groups had the same idea. The fifth time I heard about a group struggling with this mistake, I decided it was worth a blog post all on its own. Don’t design for amorphous groups. I worked on this idea for months before I decided it was a mistake.

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Driving Dystopia: Pickup Sales Are Probably Going to Decline in the UK

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Digging into the concept resulted in a lot of angry and confused comments and a recent article from Autocar stipulating that commercial trucks doubling as normal transportation are about to become prohibitively expensive as most are poised for a “near-fivefold increase in personal tax bills" after July 1st, 2024.

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Do You Believe Solid-State Batteries Are Really Right Around the Corner?

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Most applications have been limited to personal medical devices and the occasional electronic gizmo reserved for the kind of people who buy five-figure designer watches. Volkswagen, working with QuantumScape on solid-state batteries, also expected to have a commercial breakthrough by 2023. But they’re exceedingly rare.

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This Engineer’s Hardware Is Inspired by the Brain

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That’s why Manan Suri has always looked to expand his horizons both professionally and personally. There he set up a research group focused on developing brain-inspired (neuromorphic) computer hardware for low-power devices like sensors, drones, and virtual-reality headsets. program in the institute’s Advanced Memory Technology Group.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

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Large commercial trucks and other heavy equipment have run on diesel fuel for many decades now. While semi drivers can be a conservative group, those willing to become the first EV drivers in their fleets soon came to appreciate some side benefits of electric trucks. Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same.

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AI Tool for COVID Monitoring Offers Solution for Urban Congestion

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In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020, many research groups sought an effective method to determine mobility patterns and crowd densities on the streets of major cities like New York City to give insight into the effectiveness of stay-at-home and social distancing strategies.