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Robot Truck Convoy Tests in Nevada; Driverless Trucks Before Cars, and Before the End of the Decade

MishTalk

Moreover, driverless truck convoys will be safer and more fuel efficient than human-driven trucks. " percent, and the rear saved 10 percent), so it should increase as trains get longer. It now seems very likely, if not a given. This was the average for just two trucks (the lead saved 4.5

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Return of the Buggy Whip; Streetcar Named Imprudent

MishTalk

At the peak of streetcar travel in the mid-1920s, some 800 streetcars covering 200 miles of track carried 97 million passenger trips a year. To some, a streetcar conjures not a revivifying force, but the folly of the People Mover, an elevated train built in 1987 that loops 2.9 miles around downtown.

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Enhancing Customer Insights with Public Location Data

Harvard Business

Beacons are battery-powered wireless sensors installed in retail stores or event venues that detect nearby consumers who have opted in to alerts through Bluetooth or other technologies and that relay information to consumers’ mobile devices. Integrating such social reports with geolocation delivers two added advantages.

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