Some cars also now have adaptive headlights that improve night-time visibility by pivoting around bends, as well as instruments that warn of a potential collision or when a vehicle drifts out of a motorway lane.

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Its adaptive air suspension, full-time all-wheel drive, locking differentials and extra-low range all combine to make the Range Rover capable of going just about anywhere you'd think to try and drive, and to conquer some slopes you couldn't ascend without a climbing rope.

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Adaptive learning also benefits instructors: By better preparing students for class, adaptive learning enables instructors to spend more time delving into advanced concepts and engaging students in high-level discussion.

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Folks should learn a bit about modern org leadership, including basic concepts like slack, 20% free time, systems engineering, complex adaptive systems, self-organizing systems, emergence, Lean-Agile, Kanban, Scrum, Lean Startup, Radical Management, etc.

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Our tester also came with an adjustable height suspension and an Adaptive Dynamics System that governs the stiffness of the dampers on a real-time basis to optimize body and ride control according to driving conditions and the terrain.

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By allowing students to focus their outside-of-class study time on the topics and concepts that are most challenging to them, adaptive learning has been shown to help students study more efficiently, develop greater proficiency and earn better grades.

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Von Hippel has for the first time given us a scale to work against when we think of the power of adaptive consumers.

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