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Getting More Students to Develop Tech That Benefits Society

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Estrin, a computer science professor at Cornell Tech , in New York City, founded the school’s Public Interest Tech Initiative to give students that opportunity. Her sister Judy is a successful tech entrepreneur, and her other sister, Margo, is a medical doctor. In 2006 Estrin expanded her research to digital health monitoring.

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2nd Audi Autonomous Driving Cup

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Our engineers at Audi likewise use the ADTF development environment. ADTF has been developed by Audi Electronics Venture GmbH since 2001 in collaboration with various specialist departments at Audi. The students will be building on the findings and functions of the previous year’s competition.

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Video Friday: Grav Enhanced

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ElliQ ] Tech Panel: The progression of robotics since Shakey the robot has been remarkable. DARPA ] Tech Panel: In 2004, DARPA launched interest in self-driving vehicles with a Grand Challenge. It was July 2001. KSC ] Social home robots have had a hard time of it, but ElliQ has promise with its focused value proposition.

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Updated Life Cycle Analysis of Soybean Production and Products Show Environmental Improvements

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Currently, the data included in the Department of Energy’s US Life Cycle Inventory is based on three years, 1998 to 2001. This LCA project is based on US agricultural data for the 2001-2007 period. Omni Tech International, Ltd conducted the study for the United Soybean Board.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid.

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This Engineer Promotes Innovation-Based Projects in Uganda

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The nonprofit, which was launched in 2001, works to foster technological development in Uganda. Both IEEE programs collaborated with Neopenda , a health tech startup founded in 2015 that designs and manufactures wearables. The IEEE member is the innovation director at the Log’el Science Foundation. When did you join IEEE and why?

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Ford targeting smart parking as element of Smart Mobility; vehicle sensors, connectivity and big data

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Ford’s idea is to leverage the cloud, in-vehicle sensors, connectivity and advanced data analysis including probability algorithms to provide a much more comprehensive picture of available parking without incurring a cost in infrastructure build-out. We can achieve the end game of a deeper or richer data environment. Douglas A.

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