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MIT Professor’s IoT Sensors Make Roads Safer

Cars That Think

Back in 2005, before smartphones were generally available, MIT Professor Hari Balakrishnan was so fed up with commuting delays in Boston that he built a mobile system to monitor road conditions. in computer science at the University of California, Berkeley , he became passionate about conducting research, he says.

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Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf

Cars That Think

The two had been exchanging ideas in person and via email and reviewing the work of others who were trying to solve similar issues. his best friend, Steve Crocker , wrangled permission for the two to occasionally use a Bendix G-15 computer at the University of California, Los Angeles. During high school in Van Nuys, Calif.,

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Japanese officials raid a Toyota group plant after the company admitted cheating on engine testing – ET Auto

Baua Electric

He apologized, bowing deeply, and stressed the group vision was rooted in the Toyoda founding family’s ideas of empowering the “genba,” or the workers on the plant floor, “to make good cars that lead to people’s happiness.”

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Sandia, Berkeley and Los Alamos labs in $9M effort for automotive onboard solid-state hydrogen storage; HyMARC

Green Car Congress

Sandia is an international leader in hydrogen materials science, exemplified by its role as the lead lab in DOE’s Metal Hydride Center of Excellence, which ran from 2005-2010. The consortium will explore several innovative ideas for solving these problems. —Brandon Wood, leader of the Lawrence Livermore team.

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Exxon/Mobil To Fund Solar Financing Bond For Torrance Homeowners

Creative Greenius

The loans for solar power, authorized under California’s AB 811 , are added as assessments to a homeowner’s property tax bills and are passed on to the new owner if a home is sold. It’s a pretty good idea isn’t it? Here’s my proposal for. the Torrance Citizens Environmental Task Force. Goal of Task Force.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

New ideas like Tesloop keep popping up. Enterprise Car Share Although Enterprise is known as a car rental giant, they have expanded into cars sharing in 2005, later featuring a program rich in hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and electric cars. Some big players have jumped in and then retreated.

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Who is winning the green car race? Part II. The Green Piece

Green Cars News

A joint venture between Fisker Coachbuild and Quantum Technologies, Fisker Automotive was founded in 2005 with headquarters in Irvine, California, and has made the Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid sports car its centrepiece. Fisker Automotive. The company hopes to begin selling the Fisker Karma in mid 2010 in Europe.