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You Just Got Beat by a Civic

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And, in case you missed it, the record-setting Civic Type R was fitted with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 Connect tires, rubber jointly developed with Michelin using know-how amassed through the development of the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S.

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

Cars That Think

Her team created a suite of low-cost medical devices, the NEST360 newborn tool kit, to improve neonatal health in sub-Saharan Africa. Connected on one side is a flexible fiber bundle, just 1 mm in diameter, with a light source and a digital CCD camera inside. The initiative developed the NEST360 newborn tool kit.

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Wireless charging company WiTricity scaling up EV charging capability as well as itself

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The WiTricity power source, left, is connected to AC power. One of the things WiTricity has been doing since the first public disclosure back in 2005 and then the formal formation in 2007 is taking this core of technology of magnetic resonance and applying it into practice. WiT-3300 Development Kit. —Alex Gruzen.

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EV Solutions WarP-Drive Installation

DIY Electric Car

Our EV Solutions 97 S10 EV conversion was originally completed in the Spring of 2007. Outfitted with (18) Trojan T-875 batteries (144V pack) and a Curtis 1231C controller, the truck served as our rolling test bed as we developed and tested components for our S10 conversion kits. WarP-Drive Standard Performance Cooling Kit.

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Ford, GM rolling out third-party developer programs for in-vehicle apps

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The Ford Developer Program for open mobile apps provides a software development kit (SDK), technical support from Ford engineers and a developer community to enable utilizing the SYNC connectivity system and AppLink application programming interface (API). —Doug VanDagens, global director of Ford Connected Services.

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BMW Group hits 100K electrified vehicle mark for this year, lights up Group HQ like a battery

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The fifth generation of electric drive train and battery technology, available from 2021, uses scalable, modular electrification kits that will allow all model series to be fitted with every type of drive train. By 2025, the company will offer 25 fully electric and plug-in hybrid models worldwide.

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Radar Imaging Could Be the Key to Monitoring Climate Change

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As a child, Alberto Moreira discovered his passion for electronics from the kits for exploring science, technology, engineering, and mathematics that his father bought him every month. The kits taught him not only about electronics but also about chemistry and physics.