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AI Is Helping to Stop Animal Poaching and Food Insecurity

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For Fang’s work in the field, she was named one of IEEE Intelligent Systems magazine ’s “ AI’s 10 to Watch in 2020.”. Although she enjoyed coding, she decided to pursue a degree in biology at Tsinghua University , in Beijing. She eventually changed her major to electrical engineering because, she says, she found it more interesting.

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Help Build the Future of Assistive Technology

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This article is sponsored by California State University, Northridge (CSUN). California State University, Northridge (CSUN). For more than three decades, the university has hosted the world's largest assistive technology conference. The university is also home to a sister degree, the. Your smartphone is getting smarter.

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The Essential Vannevar Bush

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His “As We May Think” article, for the July 1945 issue of The Atlantic magazine, envisioned a desktop computer and a “web” of “associative trails” that no less than the founders of Google cite as the inspiration for today’s information science and the Internet. Compiled by G. Pascal Zachary.

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How Vannevar Bush Engineered the 20th Century

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Vannevar Bush and the Funding of Science & Engineering Beginning in 1940, and with the ear of the president and leading scientific and engineering organizations, Vannevar Bush promoted the importance of supporting all aspects of research, including in universities, the military, and industry. And it deepened during the long Cold War.

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New Elon Musk essay: Tesla CEO’s current thoughts on technology and humanity

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The new Elon Musk essay was published in China Cyberspace , the Cyberspace Administration of China’s (CAC) flagship magazine. In a way, the publication of the new Elon Musk essay in the CAC’s flagship magazine is significant. Thank you for the invitation from China Cyberspace magazine. Posted by Elon Musk.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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Frank (email: afrank@efficientdrivetrains.com) Dr. Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis.

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10 Lessons From the Legacy of Apple’s Steve Jobs

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On its 25 October 2005 cover, Time magazine hailed Jobs as "the man who always seems to know what's next." Its physical design, the minimalist layout, the screen with playlists, and the easy-access buttons made it successful, and the iTunes store made it easier for people to discover and buy music and organize it into personal playlists.

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