The aspiration of the company is to build a series of technologies that encompasses an electronic monitoring and alert engine for activity that occurs not only on its own e-mail servers, but also on third party solutions including AOL, Yahoo, Gmail and text messaging, and eventually on social networking sites, such as MySpace and Facebook, too.

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Although it seems fairly straightforward and simple there is actually a tremendous amount of pedaling and steering involved, along with counting gears, remembering what parts on the course are rough or soft and need to be avoided, looking at RPM, paying attention to the sounds of the engine and the car and being on alert for the unexpected to happen.

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Because Nissan LEAF does not have an internal combustion engine, Nissan has incorporated an "Approaching Vehicle Sound for Pedestrians" system, which is designed to alert pedestrians that a vehicle is approaching.

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