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

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He began his career at Ferranti , an electrical engineering and equipment company in Manchester, England. He earned his bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering in 1958 from the University of Bristol , in England. He left there in 1966 to join the University of Cambridge as an assistant director of research.

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

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Arthur Erickson discovered drones during his first year at college studying aerospace engineering. They designed a spray system and made some software tweaks, and by 2018 the company began offering crop-spraying services, Erickson says. I’m more of a translator between the engineers and the market needs,” he says.