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Industrial Light & Magic Engineer Wins a Technical Oscar

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Vanns, who now works at Disney -owned Industrial Light & Magic , in London, was an avid cinephile growing up. 2023 Sci-Tech Awards: Mark Hills and Jim Vanns | FQ Render Farm Management System www.youtube.com Inspired by the Lord of the Rings Vanns grew up in Tonbridge, England, and played guitar for several bands as a teenager.

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NHTSA awards Virginia Tech Transportation Institute $1M for V2V framework project

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The Virginia Tech institute has been building connected-vehicle technology since 2001. NHTSA announced its intention to pursue a mandate of this technology in light vehicles in an effort to improve highway safety, prevent crashes, and help alleviate congestion, among other potential benefits.

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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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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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A mini industry spawns under the hood of a booming car market – ET Auto

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Furthermore, the demand is only going to rise with the building of trust in this new market as it gets more organised over the years. Back in 2001, Maruti Suzuki was one of the first players in this segment with its True Value channel, enabling trust and breaking stereotypes attached to the purchase of ‘second-hand’ vehicles.

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The Real Story of Pixar

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The story of Pixar doesn't start with its founding—a tech company's story rarely does. Rather, the original spark often comes from a university lab , a renegade group at a large company, or a hobbyist building stuff for fun. The tools to build it emerged piecemeal. By definition, The Movie could incorporate no hand drawing.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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The day was split between a morning session at the GM tech center in Warren and an afternoon session at the GM proving grounds in Milford, MI. The facility is very well maintained and gives the impression of being on a gigantic movie set, since it is full of buildings and roads but contains relatively very few people. Click to enlarge.

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