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City-owned Gadget Garners Detroit Mayor Grief

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2008-01-26 01:55:55 by Christopher Gavula in Gear Diary
...detroit-mayor-grief Okay, okay, I couldnt help the early newspaper type alliterative headline. Being a Detroit native, this story of alleged sex and perjury caught my attention. digital-fingerprint@geardiary.com The story is that the mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick, fired some police officers. The officers sued the city claiming wrongful...
 
Tags: mayor, detroit, mayor fired, fired, detroit native, some-odd text messages, story, police officers, original article
 
 
 
 
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Detroit condos to be built from shipping containers

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2008-05-13 18:15:45 by Doug Aamoth in CrunchGear
...Detroit to let them build the Exceptional Green Living on Rosa Parks project on top of land currently containing vacant lots and burned-out homes Its projected to cost about $1.8 million, which is about 25% less expensive than normal and the units will range from 960 to 1,920 square feet, selling for between $100,000 and $190,000. Green...
 
Tags: containers, detroit, rosa parks project, project, stack empty containers, rosa parks, detroit free press, energy costs, annual energy costs
 
 
 
 
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Dateline Detroit: North American International Auto Show, Day One

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2008-01-14 13:44:11 by David Goodspeed in Gear Diary
Copyright 2008 David Goodspeed . Visit the original article at http://www.geardiary.com/2008/01/14/dateline-detroit-north-american-international-auto-show-day-one digital-fingerprint@geardiary.com Greetings from the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the granddaddy of all auto shows and the one suited perfectly to kick off the...
 
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Dateline Detroit: North American International Auto Show, Day Three

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2008-01-15 23:18:30 by David Goodspeed in Gear Diary
Copyright 2008 David Goodspeed . Visit the original article at http://www.geardiary.com/2008/01/15/dateline-detroit-north-american-international-auto-show-day-three digital-fingerprint@geardiary.com The 2008 North American International Auto Show media days in Detroit are a wrap, so let me fill you in on day three and give you with some overall...
 
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Keepin' it real fake, part CV: Chinese automakers invade Detroit Auto Show

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2008-01-16 16:31:00 by Donald Melanson in Engadget
...Detroit Auto Show is Geely and its Cadillac-esque HIFUN model pictured above, as well as the double-take-inducing ChangFeng Hyundai-lookalike and BYD Auto's Mercedes-influenced F8, both pictured after the break. What's more, unlike the vast majority of KIRFs we see, at least some of these will supposedly be available round these parts in the...
 
Tags: real fake, real fake series, chinese automakers, keepin, byd auto, detroit auto, geely, geely hifun, cadillac-esque hifun model
 
 
 
 
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Lyle Lanley Sells Futuristic Rail System to Ann Arbor, Detroit [Great Ideas]

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2008-02-14 11:15:00 by Adam Frucci in Gizmodo
...Detroit, Michigan. You know what they say: "If you can make it in Ann Arbor, you can make it anywhere!" That's why it makes perfect sense that there are plans underway to build an insane futuristic transport system between the two cities Dubbed the Interstate Traveler Hydrogen Highway, it's a rail system that combines Maglev, Hydrogen and...
 
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Detroit would make 50 mpg cars were it not for increased costs, decreased speeds

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2008-04-05 20:20:19 by Nicholas Deleon in CrunchGear
...Detroit (and, kinda, Japan) hasnt yet developed cars that can do 50 mpg. But, in the interest of getting paid, I did read this Newsweek piece that offers reason after laboured reason as to why Detroit isnt good Reasons: Americans like big cars; Americans like fast cars; high mpg cars dont go very fast; extras like sound-proofing and steel...
 
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Hondas ASIMO robot to conduct Yo-Yo Ma and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra

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2008-04-23 15:57:00 by Joshua Topolsky in
...Detroit Symphony Orchestra -- and Yo-Yo Ma -- in a performance of Impossible Dream . The DSO and Honda have combined forces to bring music education to children in Detroit, and ASIMO's concert will be the launching point for a number of projects the Japanese monolith will be sponsoring in the industrial city. Sure, this isn't the first time...
 
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Honda's ASIMO robot to conduct Yo-Yo Ma and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra

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2008-04-23 10:57:00 by Joshua Topolsky in Engadget
...Detroit Symphony Orchestra -- and Yo-Yo Ma -- in a performance of Impossible Dream . The DSO and Honda have combined forces to bring music education to children in Detroit, and ASIMO's concert will be the launching point for a number of projects the Japanese monolith will be sponsoring in the industrial city. Sure, this isn't the first time...
 
Tags: detroit, detroit symphony orchestra, orchestra, asimo, honda, versatile asimo, artistic future, yo-yo, japanese monolith