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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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I didn’t know that word, honestly,” (presumably referring to the word “mayday.”) “And I just heard it freaking coming on that he lost his rudder, that he needed pumps.” Stillwell asked if they had heard the call. “I I was putting my gloves and everything on the rack,” Libby told him. “I I heard it. Both men denied making the call.

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TRB releases new report identifying deficiencies impacting e-scooter rider safety

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The research was conducted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in conjunction with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Safe Streets Research and Consulting; Equitable Cities; and Populus. Personal ownership of e-scooters is also growing and projected to increase throughout this decade.

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“Software-Defined Car” project seeks to develop standardized rules and processes; SofDCar

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Academic partners include Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), University of Stuttgart, the Research Institute of Automotive Engineering and Vehicle Engines Stuttgart (FKSF), and the FZI Research Center for Information Technology, an innovation partner of KIT. —Professor Michael Weyrich.

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The Legacy of the Datapoint 2200 Microcomputer

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One such technology is the Datapoint 2200, a programmable terminal that laid the foundation for the personal computer revolution. From mainframes to microcomputers Before the personal computer, there were mainframe computers. The machines occupied entire rooms, dwarfing the personal computers we are familiar with today.

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NACTO: 84M shared bike and scooter trips in US in 2018

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Shared micromobility refers to small fleets of fully or partially human-powered vehicles including bikes, e-bikes, and e-scooters. Data does not include private or closed campus systems such as those operating on university campuses.

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NIST: Blockchain provides security, traceability for smart manufacturing; digital thread

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In other words, if I’m a manufacturer making a part for a product and I receive the specs for that part from the designer who’s upstream in the process, blockchain ensures that I can trust the data actually came from that person, is exactly what he or she sent, and was not interfered with during transmission. —Sylvere Krima. Resources.

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Austin study teases out changes in behavior in wake of suspension of Uber and Lyft service

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Researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Texas A&M Transportation Institute and Columbia University surveyed more than 1,200 people in Austin, Texas, to examine how their habits changed after Uber and Lyft pulled drivers out of the city due to a local law change. —a 68% drop.

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